Tag: Israelis
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Did Israelis build a country themselves? Wrong
The popular story of Israel is simple. Brave settlers, driven by faith and determination, transformed desert and swamps into a modern state. According to this narrative, Israelis built everything with their own hands and sacrifices. It is a story repeated in textbooks, speeches, and media. But this story is misleading. Israel did not rise from…
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American Jews as better scholars than Israeli ones
This is not about identity. It is about results. Again and again, American Jews outperform their Israeli counterparts in academia. Whether winning Nobel Prizes, shaping groundbreaking theories, or advancing science, philosophy, and law, American Jews dominate the intellectual stage. Meanwhile, Israeli Jews, despite sharing the same ethnic and religious roots, rarely achieve such global impact.…
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Israelis and Palestinians’ common enemy: critical thinking
Either you are pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinains on X. So these two sides label each other as the worst scum. And if you are objective, maintain the absence of cognitive biases, fallacies, informal fallacies and uphold moral values, well, you are scum too. I have made an observation – Israelis and Palestinians have a common enemy…
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Make Palestinian cause visible without violence
Palestinians face a dire and heartbreaking reality under occupation. As many famous politicians have stated, they live in the biggest open-air prison in the world. Their lives are marked by economic depravity, lack of educational opportunities, unemployment, absence of investment, relentless checkpoints, and random violence from Israeli settlers and security forces. They face restrictions on…
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Are Palestinians and Israelis going to hell?
Since I don’t like being trapped in a bubble, I meet Christian priests or have chat with believers. It allows you to have insight into something different. While I am stunned sometimes by claims that I do not agree with, this was exceptional: Are Palestinians and Israelis going to hell? “The attack on 7 October…