Yisrael Medad

Yisrael Medad, in Israel since 1970, Hebrew U. MA, resides in Shiloh and is an activist for Zionism and Judea & Samaria.

 Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar gives a statement to foreign press at the scene of damage to a mosque in Haifa, June 20, 2025.

Cognitive warfare: Israel needs to stop fighting defensively on hasbara - opinion

 MOSHE YA’ALON, who has held the positions of defense minister and IDF chief of staff, speaks during the Tel Aviv Conference at Tel Aviv University in May 2025.

Are Israelis facilitating an anti-Israel blood libel? - opinion

 Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

Yair Golan’s accusations against Netanyahu: A reflection of Israel’s deep divides - opinion


Murder by intersectionality: The warped logic of identity-fueled violence - opinion

The shooter of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in Washington perpetrated a murder by intersectionality.

 ELIAS RODRIGUEZ appears, as depicted in a sketch, last Thursday at a US District Court, where he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum. He reportedly told police: ‘I did it for Palestine; I did it for Gaza.’

Palestinians in the West Bank still have time to prevent a second Nakba - opinion

There is still time to change course and prevent a second Nakba.

 A WOMAN holds a placard that reads: ‘Palestine belongs to Palestinians; we will never leave,’ at a protest marking the 77th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ in Hebron last week.

Mike Huckabee's visit to Shiloh marks new era in Evangelical ties to Israel - opinion

A new era, following on from the first Donald Trump presidential administration and the ambassadorship of David M. Friedman, is beginning.

 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee makes an official visit to the Shiloh archeological site on May 7, 2025.

Israeli discourse has become ‘diss’ and coarse - opinion

We cannot afford either vicious discourse or wokeism here in Israel.

Israeli flags are seen at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025

Declaring Netanyahu incapacitated would endanger Israel’s democracy - opinion

I would suggest a more circumspect review of Bar’s version of events and the motivations of those currently supporting him. They may be engaged in activities dangerous to our democracy.

A RALLY against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government and in support of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar takes place in Tel Aviv last week. Declaring Netanyahu incapacitated, as is rumored, may be a step too far and would be a step to incapacitate Israel’s democracy, the writer argues

The Israeli gov't ‘gatekeepers’ have stolen the ‘afikoman’ from its citizens - opinion

We citizens have placed our trust in those running a “Seder,” that is, our state. It is a Jewish and democratic state, in that order, according to the law.

Crowds gathered this evening at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to commemorate Passover Seder together and to show support for the families of the hostages.

Not deep state, but dark state: When bureaucrats overrule Israeli democracy - opinion

Qatargate or Qatarfake? Could the suspicions of treason have been a smokescreen aimed more at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who employed the supposed “traitors” in his office?

 An illustrative image of a shadowy puppet master pulling the strings of many people set to a backdrop of an Israeli flag in dark lighting.

A state, not a shtetl: Why Israel forges ties with the far Right to fight antisemitism - opinion

Israel is not a shtetl. It is a state, and, as a result, its interrelationships with the non-Jewish world are necessarily different than those of the shtadlan.

Us comedian Michael Rapaport visits the Western Wall in the wake of the October 7, 2023 massacre. The writer highlights that Rapaport was among the activists attending the Diaspora Affairs Ministry conference on antisemitism, last month.

'Fratricidal discourse': The Shin Bet standoff puts Israel's democracy in a bind - opinion

How Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's firing of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Ronen Bar kicked off a clash between Israel's security and political spheres.

 Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Did leftists in the Gaza border area affect the political elite's decision-making? - opinion

The people of Israel deserve to know how the decision-makers were influenced by this atmosphere.

INFOGRAPHIC: Details on October 7 revealed in the IDF investigations