Going up in flames:
With the US led by an unpredictable [and unreliable] leader the need for Israel to come together in its own defense has never been greater.

Israel has always championed its capacity to defend itself, by itself, but has also depended on core external allies for military, diplomatic and all manner of other practical and psychological support.

Since October 7, with the despicable rush to blame the victim — Israel, as it has struggled to defang Gaza’s entrenched, cynical, Hamas government and to secure the release of our hostages — that international support has been in perhaps unprecedentedly steep decline.

Yet Netanyahu continues:
1. to whip up internal divides,
2. by decrying all political and public opponents as tools of our enemies,
3. hacking away at all independent state institutions,
4. discrediting the judiciary

ultra-Orthodox community’s refusal to serve:
and upholding the ultra-Orthodox community’s refusal to serve even as the burden on our reserves forces weighs ever more heavily.