Michael Oren – Israel’s choice: Body or soul * How not to count journalist fatalities * Why did Israel welcome Elon Musk? * Dear Shiri Bibas

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, November 30, 2023 [A shattering]( By Cori Shalit I clenched a loaded gun aimed at the door and prayed to get through this. Once rescued, I entered a changed Israel. Michael Oren [Israel’s choice: Body or soul]( Israel will almost certainly have to decide whether to destroy Hamas completely or save the remaining hostages Nathan Lyons [Visions and skulls]( You shouldn’t watch graphic GoPro videos, your brain thinks it’s really happening. But it’s too late. I’ve seen them all. From the blogs [Dear Shiri Bibas]( By Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar If you, your children, and the remaining hostages are not returned, we will not be able to look ourselves in the mirror Martin Fletcher [CPJ’s misleading tally of journalist deaths is clickbait for Israel haters]( It matters that a large number of listed fatalities were tragic casualties of the war, not necessarily reporters at work Rachel Sharansky Danziger [How Hamas weaponizes our joy]( Natan Sharansky was undefeated by the KGB’s cruel psychological torture, now we too must gird our minds against assault [Gush Katif was never the paradise you remember]( By Nimrod Dweck Re-occupying Gaza would harm the Zionist enterprise and risk a return to the bloodshed of the intifada years Alan Shatter [As if Israel simply woke up one morning and chose to attack Gaza]( A grotesque, fact-free letter by 620 Irish academics accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and genocidal violence Julie Gray [From social media influencer to dangerous narcissist]( If you’ve ever wondered how ’ordinary’ people become complicit in atrocities, look no further than ’Jill’ on TikTok [On Israel’s warm welcome for Elon Musk]( By Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler Our leaders rolled out the red carpet for the man whose platform sends ‘Hitler was right’ tweets to Israeli users Tali Nir [A relief package that leaves far too many out in the cold]( The Knesset’s wartime aid plan leaves a large swath of workers, including hourly wage earners, at risk of immediate poverty Amir Fuchs [The country that rescues its people wherever they are]( For all the discrimination in the ’nation-state law,’ its clause including all Jews and all Israeli citizens in its global care is essential [In the rubble]( By Haim Watzman Ami has been murdered, but all Naama can focus on is her vision of a baby she knows is dead (Fiction) more choice voices Emily Bornstein [Keep the Holocaust out of your anti-Israel arguments]( If you believe Israel desecrates the memory of the six million, I can say with confidence that if they were alive today, you’d hate them too Kate Blumenthal [‘Am I being kind?’]( If only more people would stop and ask themselves the questions my 3-year-old asks himself daily Daniel Chamovitz [Freedom of speech is not freedom from accountability]( My fellow university presidents should quit cowering behind free speech claims and condemn campus hate Neil Gronowetter [Fight antisemitism? Ban the mask.]( The anonymity of covered faces gives protestors license to intimidate Jewish students and damage property with impunity [The Blogs Weekly]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2023 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved