October 7 Was Israel’s Midlife Crisis
Soldiers lower the casket of French Israeli soldier Eli Valentin Ghenassia in the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on October 12, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)
At 77, the state is old enough to be established yet young enough to come apart. The Hamas massacre didn’t just expose its enemies—it revealed tectonic rifts in the state’s politics and identity.
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Regular readers of The Free Press will be familiar with Amit Segal, the chief political analyst for Israel’s Channel 12 News. One of the country’s most influential journalists, Segal has long been a go-to source for anyone trying to make sense of Israel’s complex political landscape—most frequently in his newsletter, It’s Noon in Israel, published six d…
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