Strategy behind the sirens: Israel’s warning sirens involve a complex process of negotiating the danger to specific zones — and it all takes place within a matter of seconds. (Times of Israel)
Disproportionate conflict?: Although the war is disproportionately hurting Gazans, politically and morally the disproportion is in the other direction, with Gaza instigating far more than Israel, Rabbi Eric Yoffie writes. (Time)
Israel’s expanding borders: In a two-part series, Jane Eisner explores life in the West Bank’s ever-expanding Jewish settlements. (Forward)
Missing children, missing education: Thousands of boys enrolled in haredi institutions have “disappeared” from official government records. (Telegraph)
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