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Answering a Question That Was Never Asked
How AI substitutes fluency for judgment even when safety is at stake
Jan 15
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Sheri Oz
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Field Notes from Greece and the Balkans
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A Tale of Two Jewish Museums
Thessaloniki and Skopje: What remains after Jews are made to disappear
Jan 1
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Sheri Oz
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After the Jews were made to disappear
Looking for what was there before and what is left behind
Dec 25, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Heading to the Field: Small Jewish Communities and Traditional Crafts
I am seventy-four, and I trust my will more than my knees.
Dec 4, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Speech, Silence, and Power
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Answering a Question That Was Never Asked
How AI substitutes fluency for judgment even when safety is at stake
Jan 15
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Sheri Oz
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When a Worried Father Asks AI for Advice
How ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and an Unknown Model Respond to Real Fear
Jan 9
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Sheri Oz
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Primary Source Materials for the AI Experiment Triggered by a Worried Israeli Arab Father's Question
Verbatim and without commentary
Jan 9
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Sheri Oz
The Pogrom That Was and the Pogrom That Wasn’t
Part 4: A study of how Israeli NGOs frame Jewish victimhood and Jewish culpability
Dec 21, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Jab’a: When Claims Replaced Documentation
Part 3: A case study in NGO reporting after the Jab’a settler attack
Dec 14, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Abandoned and Unheard
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And Finally: Recognize Palestine, Consequences Be Damned
This investigation examines what 157 recognitions have actually achieved on the ground for recognition of Palestine (Quiet Abandonment Series, 14b)
Oct 26, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Those Who Could Only Wish for Israel to be Their Opponent
This investigation continues my examination of the world’s duplicity in promoting a Palestinian state that no one intends to make real (Quiet…
Oct 23, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Silenced Palestinian Voices VIII: You’re Just Not Listening
Final article in “Silenced Palestinian Voices” series, a subseries of the broader “Quiet Abandonment” project, which explores the world’s retreat from…
Sep 25, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Silenced Palestinian Voices VII: Dreams Interrupted, Life in Suspension in Gaza
This is the seventh article in the "Silenced Palestinian Voices" series, a subseries of the broader "Quiet Abandonment" project, which explores the…
Sep 17, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Silenced Palestinian Voices VI: Survival Mode in the West Bank (2000-2025)
Part 11 of the “Quiet Abandonment” series on the world’s retreat from the Palestinian cause. Part 6 of “Silenced Palestinian Voices.”
Sep 15, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Gaza
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Gaza this week. What your media is not telling you.
A report based on military expert Andrew Fox, who is closely and professionally observing the ebbs and flows of Gaza.
Oct 11, 2025
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BARRY SHAW
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Assault or Restraint: Can Israel Afford NOT to Attack Hamas Stronghold in Gaza?
Expanding on Andrew Fox’s military analysis to consider the costs that never make it into the news
Aug 11, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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How I used AI in reporting on Gaza: What it can and cannot do.
For research, summaries, source comparisons, AI helps. But knowing when to stop is the real skill.
Jul 10, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The Propaganda Meal: Taking food out of a child's hands
Beyond this shocking video lies a broader pattern: staged suffering, hidden comforts, and the mainstream media’s silence in Gaza’s visual war.
Jul 9, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Contesting the Waters: The Legality of the Gaza Flotilla Interception and its 'Hollow' Reality
The Gaza aid flotilla saga ended in international waters. This article dissects the conflicting legal viewpoints and the ultimate 'Hollow…
Jun 10, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Judea and Samaria
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What the B’Tselem Video Shows When You Watch It (too) Closely
Jab'a Attack, Part 1. The timestamped continuous footage from Jab’a contradicts the claim that settlers targeted a family with children.
Nov 30, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Distinctions everyone ignores in the debates about Hilltop Youth and “settler violence”
Simple tables that clarify years of deliberate confusion
Nov 22, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The Burning Olive Tree and the Bomb That Never Was
How Stopping Terror Makes Israel Look Like the Aggressor
Nov 16, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The Foundational Lie about Judea & Samaria
How a Manufactured Origin Story Became a Weapon Against Jewish Sovereignty
Nov 6, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Debating Sovereignty: When Critics Change the Question Instead of Addressing the Premise
You Cannot Solve a Problem You Refuse to Define Correctly
Nov 4, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Iran
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Iran in Wartime: Voices the Headlines Ignore, Part II
The missiles stopped. The regime didn’t. From my bomb shelter, I kept listening—to Tehran, to exiles, to one dissident’s memories. What they said when…
Jun 27, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Iran in Wartime: Voices the Headlines Ignore, Part I
Diaspora defiance, propaganda fatigue, and the first cracks in the regime’s mask
Jun 27, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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From 'Cyber Stooge' to 'Jew Worshiper': What Iranians Call Each Other
Here’s what pro- and anti-regime Iranians call each other—and what those insults really mean. Just in case you wanted to know. (U.S. strikes in Iran…
Jun 25, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Enemies of the Same Regime: A Bomb Shelter Dialogue (U.S. Strikes in Iran, Part 2)
As missiles flew, I messaged an Iranian exile—an architect who defied the regime. A conversation about fear and shaping space when freedom is out of…
Jun 25, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Ceasefire in Name Only: Iranians Warn What Happens Next
Trump says it's over. As the world applauds a fragile truce, dissidents know this is no peace — It’s just the next chapter of fear.
Jun 24, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Alawites
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The Assad Deception, Part IV: An Alawite Vision for Syria’s Future
In this final installment, Issa Ibrahim shares a sophisticated political vision that transcends sectarian hatred and delivers a message the world needs…
Nov 10, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The Assad Deception, Part III: Marked for Extinction
Issa Ibrahim describes how the regime’s collapse has unleashed unprecedented persecution against his community and how the world’s celebration of…
Oct 3, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The Assad Deception, Part II: The Spiritual Heart under Attack
The spiritual heart of the Alawite tradition, long crushed by Assad, may also be its deepest source of resilience.
Sep 22, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The Assad Deception, Part 1: The Illusion of Power, the Reality of Betrayal
The Alawites never ruled Syria. Assad only made it look that way.
Sep 9, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The Assad Deception, Intro: An Alawite Story of Faith, Betrayal, and Survival
Introduction: Issa Ibrahim, the Alawite Leader Who Trusted Me with His People’s Story
Sep 9, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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antisemitism
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Why Nuance May be Our Only Defense Against Extremism
A German-American Looks at Extremism Then and Now
Nov 15, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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UK Prime Minister pledges 10m pounds to fight antisemitism....the wrong way
Two things I read 20 minutes apart show why
Oct 17, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The cost of unity
After the Manchester synagogue attack, even solidarity statements reveal a deeper silence.
Oct 7, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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The "Reasonable Persecutor": When Civility Becomes a Weapon
A case study in how tone policing and victim reversal work in practice
Jul 28, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Not one, not two, but an expanding network of hate
A growing network of neo-Nazi and antisemitic accounts on Substack openly calls for genocide. Is the platform normalizing hate?
Jul 2, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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Guest author
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The Irgun and the King David Hotel Bombing: History as a Weapon
What gets lost when history becomes a slogan
Jan 4
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Sheri Oz
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Justin Amler: Eurovision’s Moral Meltdown
How four European countries chose boycotts and theatrics over courage, truth, and the example set by Yuval
Dec 11, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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David P. Silverman: My Journey from Anti-Zionism to Zionism
One man's journey, published here with permission.
Aug 22, 2025
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Sheri Oz
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From Targeted to Triumphant: The Druze Break the Cycle
No illusions, no begging, no dependence on global sympathy. Just clarity, courage, and defense, with help from Israel and Israeli Druze.
Jul 17, 2025
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Avi Abelow
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A trauma neuropsychologist dodges missiles and faces hate on the Web
A look at one root of anti-Israel hate—and who it really hurts
Jun 17, 2025
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Orli Peter
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