Gershon Hacohen
ARTICLES BY: Gershon Hacohen
The Yom Kippur War: Much More Than an Intelligence Failure
From the very beginning of the Yom Kippur War, an exaggerated emphasis on the intelligence failure served the IDF senior command. It made it possible...
Practical Zionism Today
Historically speaking, both the “political” and the “practical” approaches to Zionism were necessary in the Jewish pursuit of national rebirth in the ancestral homeland --...
Israel’s Security Barrier: A Political Ruse in the Guise of Security
Thousands of West Bank Palestinians, maybe even tens of thousands, recently crossed the security barrier and arrived in buses to various beaches in Israel. The...
When Managing Chaos, a Little Humility Wouldn’t Hurt
We recently marked Tisha B'Av during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Talmudic sages who established the mourning practices for Tisha B’Av shaped the Jewish memory of the...
The Deadline Is Looming for a Decision on the West Bank
What is driving Israeli and worldwide opposition to the extension of Israeli sovereignty over parts of the West Bank? To understand this, we need to...
The Status of the West Bank
Many of the most vociferous opponents of applying sovereignty over parts of the West Bank are former senior security officials who use their professional authority...
The Six-Day War: A Paradigm From a Previous Century
As Israel transitions from its commemorations and celebrations of the Six-Day War, increasing attention is being focused upon the Trump peace plan. Scores of retired...
The Jordanian Peace Treaty Is a Two-Way Street
In speeches by the new Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi at their swearing-in ceremonies, both declared fealty to the path...
The Abandonment of the South Lebanon Army: A Moral and Strategic Failure
Even after another generation has passed, it will be hard for Israel to undo the strategic damage caused by its May 2000 abandonment of the...
A Golden Opportunity to Develop the West Bank Communities
The public debate on the future of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley has focused mainly on security and demographic considerations. But there is...
The Coronavirus Crisis Shows Local Farming to Be an Existential Need
Until the coronavirus pandemic, the inhabitants of many of the world’s big cities felt no sense of dependence on their countries’ local farmers. Every morning,...
Coronavirus, God, and Science
From the outset, the modern nation-state has depended on science and human rationality as the means to a stable and secure future. As the French...
Dangerous Streamlining in the IDF
Each year, amid budget deliberations, Finance Ministry officials demand that the IDF do some streamlining. The streamlining processes conducted in recent decades, which focused on...
Trump’s Peace Plan Is Not a Plan of Action
The Trump administration's "Deal of the Century" carries with it a vital recognition of new realities on the ground, and as such should be welcomed....
Holocaust Denial Not a Violation of Misinformation Policy, Twitter Boss Tells Skeptical Senate Committee
New York Times Editors Want to Send $5 Billion More to Iran. Here Are Nine Reasons They’re Wrong.
Litigating the Balfour Declaration: The Revealing Lies Behind the Latest Move of Palestinian Symbolism
Bob Dylan Discusses Jewish Identity in Lost Interviews Up for Auction
Peter Beinart’s Assault on the Abraham Accords