Perception

The power that replaces tanks and missiles is the war of perception

This is a war not fought primarily on physical terrain but in the minds of people

|ByADI BERSHADSKY
Vehicles stop at a red traffic light, a day after an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, in Doha, Qatar, September 10, 2025.
PEOPLE WALK amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalya, in the northern Gaza Strip, last month. Much of the Gaza Strip has been reduced to ruins; the American plan provides a response, the writers argue.

President Trump's Gaza proposal shifts the diplomatic landscape - opinion

Israeli diplomacy should take advantage of Trump's plan and its underlying assumptions to undermine entrenched views around the world regarding the nature of the conflict in our region.

|ByEFRAIM INBAR, YOSSI KUPERWASSER
HAMAS TERRORISTS hug each other as members of the International Red Cross watch during the handover of hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami, in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, this past Saturday. Hamas, if pictures can tell a story, has not been defeated, says the writer.

Good people instinctively see the evil of Hamas - opinion

ABOVE THE FOLD: When the media draws parallels between Hamas’s demands to release prisoners who are convicted mass-murderers and the release of hostages, it is infuriating.

|ByMICAH HALPERN

Mirror, Mirror on the Mind: Reflecting Our World Through Self-Perception

|ByMARK FISH