# binyamin (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover binyamin. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Highest Stakes Do Not Lie in the Presidential Election](https://ottomansandzionists.com/2024/10/31/the-highest-stakes-do-not-lie-in-the-presidential-election/) _2024-10-31 · ottomansandzionists · Ottomans and Zionists_ Every presidential election feels consequential, but events have combined to make Tuesday’s vote feel even more so. October 7 and the resulting year-long fallout has convinced many Jewish and pro-Israel voters that the very fate of Israel is at stake. American Jews feel more vulnerable than they have in living memory, with antisemitism skyrocketing by \[ \] ## [The Rewards and Risks of Israel’s War Against Hezbollah](https://ottomansandzionists.com/2024/09/26/the-rewards-and-risks-of-israels-war-against-hezbollah/) _2024-09-26 · ottomansandzionists · Ottomans and Zionists_ For anyone skeptical that the nearly year-long daily exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah was an actual war, all doubts were erased over the past ten days. The new phase that began with exploding Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies was followed by Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on the group’s weapons depots and top leaders \[ \] ## [Israel’s Foreign Policy Continues to be Swallowed by Politics](https://ottomansandzionists.com/2024/09/19/israels-foreign-policy-continues-to-be-swallowed-by-politics/) _2024-09-19 · ottomansandzionists · Ottomans and Zionists_ Henry Kissinger famously quipped that Israel has no foreign policy and only domestic politics. That observation was on full display this week, as rumors swirled that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was on the cusp of firing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and replacing him with his erstwhile Likud rival Gideon Sa’ar. While Netanyahu’s camp claimed that \[ \] ## [The Lies We Tell Ourselves](https://ottomansandzionists.com/2024/09/04/the-lies-we-tell-ourselves/) _2024-09-04 · ottomansandzionists · Ottomans and Zionists_ When six innocent people are executed in cold blood in order to prevent their safe return to their families and their homes, the extremism of the act begets extreme responses. Human instinct is to be angry and figure out how tragedy could have been prevented, and to become even more certain about what we believed \[ \]