The article discusses reimagining Purim traditions in response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, cautioning against using the holiday's themes of power and revenge to justify violence.

"Incitement," a film directed by Yaron Zilberman, delves into the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by Yigal Amir in 1995, portraying Amir not as a lone extremist but as a product of a wider societal environment.

One year before the Hebron massacre where Baruch Goldstein killed 29 Muslim worshippers, the author had a casual encounter with him during a weekend visit to Hebron.