Our Struggle

The most unique thing about Israel is our struggle.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat

Six Hostages Returned

Introducing Israel Things: What is unique about Israel? What isn’t? I did not expect to introduce this website in this way. On the other hand, if there are two most unique things about Israel, they are our people and our pain. We begin this site with the stories of six young people whose remains just came back from Gaza.

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Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

An Egyptian American Lobbyist For Arab-Israeli Cooperation

There are scores of Israelis who work in think tanks and organizations that work toward cooperation between Israel and Arab countries. We never hear much about such Israelis. On the other hand, whenever there is an Arab who works toward the same peaceful goals, journalists seize the opportunity to tell his story, for it is always a unique story, a story where the exception proves the rule.

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