HolyLandSpeaks
Benjamin Birely \ud80c\udc86\ud83d\udd4a️A window into the Holy Land in all its layered complexity, Israeli society and politics, Judaism, and Jewish identity
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 23 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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On One Foot: Benjamin's Weekly Election Roundup
Erev Shabbat, 8 Elul, August 21, 2026
This is the third installment in a weekly series for paid subscribers over the course of the next 67 days until the Israeli elections on October 27.
4 Things You Need to Know about Likud's Primaries (and, yes, Bibi is happy)
Yesterday, August 17, Likud had their primaries. Along with HaDemocratim (the Zionist left merger of Avodah and Meretz), Likud is one of the only two Israeli political parties that held open, party-member primaries this election cycle.
In...
On One Foot: Benjamin's Weekly Election Roundup
Sunday, 3 Elul, August 16, 2026
This is the second installment in a weekly series for paid subscribers over the course of the next 72 days, until the Israeli elections on October 27.
Notes From the Land: The Only Jew in the Bomb Shelter
“Once, there were all Christian families here, Arabs, Armenians… now, I don’t know anymore”
This is the first episode in a weekly series of personal notes for paid subscribers. These stories are glimpses into the realities that define this...
Hamas' Qassam rockets are named after this mosque's first imam
Istiqlal mosque today, Haifa, Benjamin Birely
If I had walked through these doors exactly a century ago, I would have entered the inner circle of the “Black Hand” —al-Kaff al-Aswad.
From my adventures in religious and nationalist circles...
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