IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has been swept along by the populist tide, calling for action against the makers of NAZA, a documentary that presents testimony about IDF war crimes in the Gaza Strip • Had he learned from past experience, he would recognize this as an own goal • And if he devoted the same energy to a genuine examination of the military’s conduct, he might improve Israel’s image, if only slightly • Today, no public-relations campaign–and certainly no punishment of journalists or documentary filmmakers–will remove the mark of Cain stamped on Israel’s forehead for generations to come

Leaders in artificial intelligence are warning of the existential risks it poses and calling for international oversight • What can we learn from efforts to confront another existential threat: the climate crisis?

Yehuda Schlesinger, who previously volunteered to rape Palestinian detainees, now calls to "hunt down" the journalists who reported on war crimes in the Gaza Strip

In 2021, Netanyahu said Itamar Ben Gvir was unfit to serve as a minister • Less than two years later, he appointed him national security minister • His latest moves further blur the line between Kahanism and Israel’s mainstream right - a line that the mainstream right itself upheld for decades

Broadcast media not only reported on the election campaign throughout June and July but also served as a platform for spreading disinformation, conspiracy theories, hate speech, incitement, and false political propaganda • Channel 14 is by far the main disseminator, responsible for more than half of these instances, but even channels not aligned with Netanyahu are not innocent of this phenomenon

Closing the embassy in Dublin cost about $407,000 (€356,841), while opening embassies in Moldova, Zambia, and Fiji cost at least $1.5 million (NIS 4.6 million) • On top of that came an annual lease of more than a quarter of a million dollars and another $330,000 (NIS 1 million) for training and projects in Fiji