from +972’s Sunday Recap +972Magazine [published in Israel] March 1, 2026

Months after proclaiming a ‘historic victory,’ Israel launched another offensive against Iran — followed by the familiar, dispiriting spectacle of Jewish opposition leaders closing ranks behind Benjamin Netanyahu. In celebrating the war, Local Call editor Orly Noy argued, Jewish Israeli society once again shows itself to be one that seems able to feel its own pulse only through war and destruction (originally published on Local Call).

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