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For What Shall It Profit a Nation?

Israeli research on how occupation and control have cost the country its soul

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Adrian Monck
Jul 03, 2025
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Grüezi!

When I travelled alone in Northern Ireland as a journalist, there were times British soldiers took me for Irish, and times Irish people took me for a soldier. It was instructive about how conflict reshapes perception.

Shortly after the 7 October attacks, I spent time with a group of Israelis. They still felt the raw violence of the attacks on frie…

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