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The Israeli Left learned nothing from October 7th.

JL;DR SUMMARY The article critiques the Israeli Left, particularly embodied by the intellectual Yuval Noah Harari, for remaining disconnected from the realities of Israel's security challenges and the sentiments of the broader Israeli public. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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DiasporaBenjamin NetanyahuPeace ProcessYuval Noah HarariNationalismSecurityIsraeli LeftOctober 7thIntellectual Elite

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Jerusalem, Israel
"Harari represents a particular ideological class in Israel: secular, globalized, highly educated, deeply embedded in international intellectual culture, and increasingly disconnected from the instincts, fears, experiences, and identity of the average Israeli.We are talking about people who still believe the central story of Israel is about saving it from nationalism, religion, and extremism, rather than saving it from the Jewish states self-proclaimed enemies who openly seek our destruction.And nowhere was that disconnect clearer than in Hararis ongoing attacks on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."

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