After all we've been through, how many of us are prepared to say, "I was wrong"?

How were we wrong about anti-Semitism, the Entebbe rescue, the 2005 Disengagement from Gaza and even Judicial Reform? Are we willing to entertain the idea that we erred?

Jul 30, 2026

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There was an item in the news yesterday about Bezalel Smotrich, in which it was reported that when asked if he’d ever considered resigning after October 7, he said that he couldn’t think of anything that he had done wrong.

Today’s presentation is not at all about Smotrich, but about the larger issue that his now much-quoted comment raises: given everyth…

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