Editorial roundup: resilience, politics, and sharp takes on Israel and the region

This page is a multi-item opinion and commentary roundup covering politics, security, culture, and media criticism. One item says that for the first time since the Oslo Accords, and contrary to them, the IDF is establishing a permanent outpost in Area A. Another notes that the army says it has pushed threats away from the north and is now waiting for the political leadership to decide what comes next.

The roundup also highlights a political jab: Itamar Ben Gvir reportedly asked to fly to the United States with his family for a vacation at the expense of a Miami businessman. Another commentary argues that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has drawn a Middle East map in which Israel is the central threat, while Tsvi Barel says no world leader has received the kind of humiliating treatment Donald Trump gives, adding, “the joke is on us.”

The page includes lighter and cultural items as well. One blurb asks, in a sponsored coffee feature, how to choose the coffee one likes. A review by Niv Hadad says about an album, “Once he came out, I did not want to listen to anything else,” calling it an album that captures the listener. Another piece, by Gili Izikovich, says anyone divided by an ideological abyss from a loved one will identify with the frustration and disgust described there.

The roundup also contains a stark testimony from Ran Levi Talbi, who says, “We went through genocide, but we had to search for the bodies to prove it to the world.” Another item by Talia Benon Tzur begins with a personal relationship anecdote: “It all started with my partner. He had an issue with his Russians.”