Seth Mandel
@SethAMandel · Jewish & Israel-focused media — US/UK
Seth Mandel is the executive editor of Commentary.
A very happy pub day to @ElliotKaufman6 and @jeremybob1 for their book on the inside story of Israel's longest war! https://t.co/vwso0DQi1N
My latest explains how the Trump team earned the trust of Israeli leaders and got them to make concessions on Judea and Samaria, while the UK and all the others keep taking a counterproductive--not to mention discriminatory--approach and getting nothing: https://t.co/bDWG5NZxqj
The Invention of the West Bank My latest on how a very recent colonial term came to be used instead of the indigenous Jewish name. 'West Bank' is convenient--I sometimes use it too--but Huckabee is correct to use real names and refuse to pretend: https://t.co/5ZljcMJxJc
I have narrowed it down to two possibilities: we are either winning the Iran war or losing the Iran war. My latest on the whiplash and weirdness of trying to figure out where this is all going, and whether anybody actually knows: https://t.co/1HqP0sfG0s
The logic behind Israel's capture of Hamas's security chief and what it means for Mladenov and the Board of Peace https://t.co/usx6KwIhOt
Israel's back-to-school day was also a homecoming for thousands of displaced children. My latest: https://t.co/vU8QgWkqXn
Today I write about the nefarious but clarifying role of silence since October 7: https://t.co/5kWkufOYML
Abdul El-Sayed gave a curiously worded answer to a question about the two-state solution and what he would prefer instead. So I explained why he opposes the 2SS, why he chose his phrasing and what it would all mean to apply it in the real world: https://t.co/KnkpS7hSqf
Reminder I looked at every post-disengagement conflict in Gaza before and after Iron Dome. I listed causes and extent of escalation. The facts are known, and they are clear: Iron Dome prevents escalation and saves Palestinian, as well as Israeli, lives. https://t.co/CX5Q02qGwb
Hamas is testing Israel’s air defenses in preparation for bringing the tethered-drone war to Gaza. And Bibi knows it’s an electoral test as well. My latest: https://t.co/RZ9iRkTOUc
How the media paints Israel as evil--and then superimposes that portrait on all of Jewish history. My latest on a psychotically deranged Guardian article blaming the Jews for the 1929 pogroms: https://t.co/C2ak6kjYcV
Turkey's imperial adventurism is destabilizing the Middle East and undermining NATO, and the West's response is atrocious and insufficient. My latest: https://t.co/pvNeQXXXJN
If you want to argue that Israel shouldn’t build in E1—which Israel would retain in all two state solution proposals—at least stop making arguments that are debunked by anyone with access to a map. My latest: https://t.co/8Xbxr62HbP
A Swedish Palestinian politician made a wonderful gesture of solidarity with Sweden’s Jews. I write with gratitude and admiration—and the belief that society needs to be at a place where this wouldn’t be newsworthy: https://t.co/gORDD7HnnD
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