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It took nearly a week, but I collected my thoughts about the war, and I hope you'll find them enlightening.
Decades of Burden Obliterated in an Instant open.substack.com/pub/mikegranof…
Michael Granoff
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Michael Granoff
@mikejgr
Founder of VC @manivmobility, backing startups that help companies make, move, power, and compute. Sondheim lover, runner, harness horses, politics (US/Israel)
- He was a neighbor. His funeral was so painful. May his memory always be for a blessing.Almog is gone 💔 We will never forget him.
- If you're not in Israel, I'm not sure you can appreciate the complexity of the moment. - Obviously, joyous anticipation for the release of hostages. - But also dread for more than two dozen more funerals. - And tomorrow night begins the very holiday on which 10/7 fell two years
- Here is @CNN’s way of saying Israel endured over 200 unprovoked attacks from Yemen before launching a single counterstrike yesterday….
- I have known @PatinkinMandy - though not well- for many decades. After his recent abhorrent remarks, I wrote to him. He has not responded. I have turned it into an open letter (below).
- I have been saying for months that if TikTok didn't exist, no one would have ever heard of Mamdani. This isn't merely "election interference." It's whole-of-society interference. The divergence of younger demographics is staggering. The West needs to wake up to this quickly.Our new research suggests TikTok’s algorithm systematically boosts pro-Mamdani and anti-Cuomo content in NYC’s mayoral race. This analysis was done by Spring AI. the company uncovers the hidden mechanics of social media algorithms to defend democracies from weaponized AI. 🧵
- My son was sworn in tonight. It was very moving.A rousing rendition of HaTikvah (“The Hope”), Israel’s national anthem, at the swearing-in ceremony of IDF paratroopers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem this evening. (video: Western Wall Heritage Foundation)
00:00 - I worked for this guy. I’m proud that I did. The Democratic Party has left me.Bill Clinton On the Palestinians: “And the only time Yasser Arafat didn't tell me the truth was when he promised me he was gonna accept the peace deal that we had worked out, which would have given the Palestinians a state on 96% of the West Bank and 4% of Israel, and they got
00:00 - More than one out of every fifty Jews in the world was at #MarchForIsrael in Washington today. Think about that. One out of every 50 in the world!
- I am confident I speak for all of my fellow citizens when I say, thank you very much but we will proceed with rescuing kidnapped babies. A million times out of a million we will do that over giving the slightest heed to bias, hateful, pretentious vultures of the law. 🇮🇱
- ATTENTION AIRLINES @united @AmericanAir @Delta Why are you leaving *so much money* on the table by failing to resume your Tel Aviv routes? What exactly is the safety concern right now? -Israel tech is thriving. -Tourists are ready to begin to return to Israel. START FLYING.
- By popular demand.... In Israel, we are a few hours before the onset of #YomKippur and Israeli air space is now closed until the conclusion of the holiday tomorrow night. Very soon all road traffic in Israel will cease as well. It is one of the most powerful experiences in the
- I'm struck by how universal the moral clarity in this conflict is properly agreed upon. I wonder why that isn't the case when rockets are flying at our communities in Israel.
