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Udi
@udithetisch.bsky.social
A teacher/dad in Israel/Palestine.

Fan of Bill Hicks, Kurts Vonnegut and Cobain... and Arsenal FC.

Still a student of philosophy and politics. The more I try to focus on photography, education, etc., the more those pull me back.

udithetisch.substack.com
Was that the basis for the TV drama Six Feet Under?
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
WTF?
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I wonder why.
(I mean that seriously BTW.
What's different this night to all other nights?)
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I get that, but if you look back you were responding to *me* talking about what led to 7/10 and I wasn't talking about that. Perhaps that word triggered you and I'd understand completely. I've also been swimming in a cesspit of online anti-semites.
BTW. I love your use of "darling".
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
BTW. When there finally is a state inquiry into 7/10, as for the Yom Kippur War and the First Lebanon War, do you really think the findings will be: it was all Hamas's fault? No, because the whole point of Zionism is that we aren't just helpless victims, we're responsible for our security.
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
... The conceptsia, which has now been shown to have been false group think, collapsed on 7/10.
The father/chief architect of the conceptsia was Bibi.
The fact that Bibi allowed Qatari cash to go to Hamas while his office also took Qatar's money also adds a bitter taste to that equation.
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
OK. In Israel we talk of the "conseptsia" (like the English word "conception"): the idea prevalent in security circles, eg esp the IDF, shin bet and the PM that Hamas was deterred, ie. that they wouldn't act due to fear and that it was good to keep them in place and Fatah weak in the West Bank...
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Why? Please explain.

Exiting as a response/reward to terrorism strengthens those who support/commit terrorism. If you want to divide and rule, that's a theory (which led to 7/10). But to do so by strengthening those who want to attack you (and had murdered many civilians) seems bonkers.
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
...You get security cooperation and agreements with Arab states in exchange for some prisoner releases ('twas after the 2nd intifada) and withdrawals in stages on the understanding that the IDF enters if necessary, but as an army rather than as a police force protecting/dealing with settlers.
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I think Sharon did know. He set it up to strengthen Hamas, the same reason that Netanyahu let through all those suitcases of cash from Qatar (assuming it wasn't all just corruption).

As I say, the idea was to do it in such a way which would strengthen those who want a negotiated peace:
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November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Yes, it's one of the best words.
Most of the kids starting school this year in Israel are from non-Zionist homes (mostly Arab and Ultra-Orthodox).
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
...For clarity: the thought after Oslo collapsed/2nd Intifada was to do it unilaterally while either pretending that it's negotiated and/or coordinating it in a way which would strengthen the Palestinians who wanted to negotiate. The manner of Sharon's unilateralism was not a peacenik idea.
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Withdrawing unilaterally wasn't a peacenik idea—it was Sharon (the "father of the settlements"). It weakened the Palestinians who wanted to negotiate & strengthened the grip in the West Bank (and also Hamas). And yet, controlling Gaza or South Lebanon was never good for us. No-one sane wants it now.
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
(I took this picture, btw)
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I hadn't been out there since my son was born 14 years ago.
I've only gone twice over the past month, but you can feel that the fear and general anxiety (vis the violent settlers) are both greater and more widespread than in the past.
Those I trust also say it's esp. bad this year (due to Gaza etc).
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I went to a couple of their protests in Tel-Aviv. Good people.
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ahhh thought he was 89. I checked my maths three times, but not my reading 🤦‍♂️
In other news, Shabbat shalom.
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
One brave seven-year-old!
October 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM