Day: August 23, 2026

Lay of the Land Weekly Newsletter – 23 August 2026

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THE ISRAEL BRIEF – 17–20 August 2026
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ADOLECENCE ALTERED

October 7 shaped their adolescence. Now they will be voting for the first time come 27 October, 2023 Over 640,000 first-time voters – shaped by pandemic, war, and social media – are poised to play a decisive role.

How will Israel’s young impact this October 27, three years after October 7, 2023?
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ARTICLES

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MAKING PEACE TO MAKE WAR

Israelis love to fantasize about eating humus in Damascus. However, fantasies turn into fiascoes when they collide with fiendish reality.
By Jonathan Feldstein

Peace or Pause. For this writer, this week’s headlines “could have come from headlines of the year 628 with Mohammed’s “Treaty of Hudaybiyha.” How do you make peace with enemies whose aim is biblically embedded to buy time in order the attack later when stronger?

MAKING PEACE TO MAKE WAR
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AMERICA, BEWARE OF THE ISLAMISTS IN YOUR BACKYARD

What I see is what I fear: How can American’s be so blind?
By Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Voting in Vipers. “As a grateful and proud American, I weep as I see a trend happening in the US that echoes the naïve ignorance that paved the way for the rise of the Islamists in the country of my birth,” laments this writer who immigrated to the US after being sentenced to death for the crime of conversion.

AMERICA, BEWARE OF THE ISLAMISTS IN YOUR BACKYARD
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NEVER STOP LOOKING

The State of Israel goes to great lengths to retrieve its soldiers, whether alive or dead.
By Lennie Lurie

No Rest until Laid to Rest. The crew of INS Dakar, the Israeli submarine that was lost at sea in January, 1968, is pictured here at Portsmouth Naval Base, England, ahead of its first voyage to Israel which she would never complete.

NEVER STOP LOOKING
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