Nathan Hersh
@nathanhersh.bsky.social
Former director of Partners for Progressive Israel. Second career as an EM physician. Work previously in NYT, WaPo, Haaretz, a few others.
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Reposted by Nathan Hersh
identified 13 recurring forms of sexual & gender-based violence
-rape & gang rape
-sexual torture & mutilation
-forced nudity
-executions linked to sexual violence
-postmortem sexual abuse
-sexual assaults carried out in the presence of family members
www.civilc.org/silenced-no-...
-rape & gang rape
-sexual torture & mutilation
-forced nudity
-executions linked to sexual violence
-postmortem sexual abuse
-sexual assaults carried out in the presence of family members
www.civilc.org/silenced-no-...
The Civil Commission’s Report on Oct 7th Sexual Violence - Silenced NO More
The most comprehensive investigation to date into the sexual atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7 and during hostage captivity.
Based on a uniquely constructed war crimes archive and a two-year ...
www.civilc.org
October 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
identified 13 recurring forms of sexual & gender-based violence
-rape & gang rape
-sexual torture & mutilation
-forced nudity
-executions linked to sexual violence
-postmortem sexual abuse
-sexual assaults carried out in the presence of family members
www.civilc.org/silenced-no-...
-rape & gang rape
-sexual torture & mutilation
-forced nudity
-executions linked to sexual violence
-postmortem sexual abuse
-sexual assaults carried out in the presence of family members
www.civilc.org/silenced-no-...
Neither of these are doses of aspirin. Also, aspirin is an antiplatelet, not an anticoagulant (blood thinner). Also, the president is one head bonk away from a brain bleed.
Trump: "I take an aspirin a day. I don't know if it works but psychologically I need it. It thins the hell out of your blood I guess ... They want me to go down to the 80. I take the 386. I don't know what the hell it is. It's a monster. They said, 'Sir, you don't need that!'"
October 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Neither of these are doses of aspirin. Also, aspirin is an antiplatelet, not an anticoagulant (blood thinner). Also, the president is one head bonk away from a brain bleed.
This isn’t a human there’s no way
Vance: We need somebody who will fight back against the fart left. Now, you may not have even heard that, but I just called them the fart left, not the far left.
September 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This isn’t a human there’s no way
This is drastically understated. His doctrine treats diplomacy as a PR tactic, not a means to achieving interstate relations. The current state of Israeli diplomacy is the natural result of such stupid and myopic statecraft.
'Benjamin Netanyahu has literally sabotaged Israeli diplomacy'
'Benjamin Netanyahu has literally sabotaged Israeli diplomacy'
The Foreign Ministry, which once stood at the forefront of Israel's influence abroad, has been systematically undermined by the current prime minister, argues historian Jean-Pierre Filiu.
www.lemonde.fr
September 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This is drastically understated. His doctrine treats diplomacy as a PR tactic, not a means to achieving interstate relations. The current state of Israeli diplomacy is the natural result of such stupid and myopic statecraft.
If you want to know the single incident that did most to pave the way for Israel’s death penalty legislation, Elor Azaria was it.
Re:
President Herzog Pardons Elor Azaria, IDF Soldier Convicted of 2016 Killing of Wounded Palestinian Assailant - Israel Security
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
President Herzog Pardons Elor Azaria, IDF Soldier Convicted of 2016 Killing of Wounded Palestinian Assailant - Israel Security
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
September 19, 2026 at 6:51 PM
If you want to know the single incident that did most to pave the way for Israel’s death penalty legislation, Elor Azaria was it.
Re:
President Herzog Pardons Elor Azaria, IDF Soldier Convicted of 2016 Killing of Wounded Palestinian Assailant - Israel Security
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
President Herzog Pardons Elor Azaria, IDF Soldier Convicted of 2016 Killing of Wounded Palestinian Assailant - Israel Security
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
September 19, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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President Herzog Pardons Elor Azaria, IDF Soldier Convicted of 2016 Killing of Wounded Palestinian Assailant - Israel Security
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
President Herzog Pardons Elor Azaria, IDF Soldier Convicted of 2016 Killing of Wounded Palestinian Assailant - Israel Security
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
My goodness Herzog is such a schmuck.
September 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
My goodness Herzog is such a schmuck.
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Each Witness Now Decides Whether to Accept or Donate Main Blood Components
www.jw.org
September 19, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Norman Finkelstein is a mouth-foaming bigot. (I didn’t say antisemite.) His hatred of Israelis—all Israelis, period, in his own descriptions—is pathological. Do people think that, because he’s Jewish, he gets special privilege to be an anti-Israel bigot? Does he think that? (Obviously Tucker does.)
September 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Norman Finkelstein is a mouth-foaming bigot. (I didn’t say antisemite.) His hatred of Israelis—all Israelis, period, in his own descriptions—is pathological. Do people think that, because he’s Jewish, he gets special privilege to be an anti-Israel bigot? Does he think that? (Obviously Tucker does.)
When you think about the film, “NAZA,” keep in mind what Netanyahu and his ilk have to say about other Israeli artists when they reflect on subjects he doesn’t like reflected on:
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/o...
Opinion | Netanyahu’s Call to Boycott HBO’s ‘Our Boys’ Is an Attempt to Silence Self-Reflection (Published 2019)
By attacking Israeli artists who are critical of Israeli policies, the prime minister and other officials are causing lasting harm to the country.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
When you think about the film, “NAZA,” keep in mind what Netanyahu and his ilk have to say about other Israeli artists when they reflect on subjects he doesn’t like reflected on:
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/o...
Isaac Chotiner is not holding back. This is delightfully and brutally vicious.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Is Zionism’s Moral Crisis About Roads Not Taken—or Original Sin?
Where Benjamin Moser replaces one story of Jewish exceptionalism with another, Omer Bartov shows what’s lost when polemic takes the place of history.
www.newyorker.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Isaac Chotiner is not holding back. This is delightfully and brutally vicious.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Reposted by Nathan Hersh
September 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Netanyahu received more specific warning than we previously knew from Dahlan via MBZ. May he not even have the opportunity to flee.
Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs - Israel Security www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs - Israel Security www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
www.haaretz.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Netanyahu received more specific warning than we previously knew from Dahlan via MBZ. May he not even have the opportunity to flee.
Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs - Israel Security www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs - Israel Security www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
I always thought of myself as a Sheryl Crow-disliker but I just heard “Strong Enough” and man that is a SONG
September 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I always thought of myself as a Sheryl Crow-disliker but I just heard “Strong Enough” and man that is a SONG
Full speech: Yoav Segalovitz joins Arab party Ra'am with hopes for 'a shared future'
www.timesofisrael.com/full-speech-...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-speech-...
Full speech: Yoav Segalovitz joins Arab party Ra’am with hopes for ‘a shared future’
Former senior police official and Yesh Atid MK calls on 'Jews, Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Druze to put their trust in this move and join us'
www.timesofisrael.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Full speech: Yoav Segalovitz joins Arab party Ra'am with hopes for 'a shared future'
www.timesofisrael.com/full-speech-...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-speech-...
I’ve been hesitant to join other attacks against Sara Netanyahu but it must be said: she’s a political operative, like her son, Yair, not a simple citizen, and both should be ruthlessly slammed by Israeli media for their conspiracy-stoking antics. Bizrat hashem they’ll flee the country on October 28
September 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I’ve been hesitant to join other attacks against Sara Netanyahu but it must be said: she’s a political operative, like her son, Yair, not a simple citizen, and both should be ruthlessly slammed by Israeli media for their conspiracy-stoking antics. Bizrat hashem they’ll flee the country on October 28
Germany absolutely should sanction Ben-Gvir and also the ICC should charge him with incitement to genocide
August 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Germany absolutely should sanction Ben-Gvir and also the ICC should charge him with incitement to genocide
The ABCs of Bibi: always be campaigning.
August 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The ABCs of Bibi: always be campaigning.
Cool.
The Next Met Fashion Blockbuster and Gala Will Honor the Controversial Designer John Galliano www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/s...
The Next Met Fashion Blockbuster and Gala Will Honor the Controversial Designer John Galliano www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/s...
Next Met Gala Show Will Honor John Galliano, Celebrated Designer Infamous for Antisemitic Rant
As famous for his antisemitic rant in 2011 as he is for his fashion, Galliano would be one of only three living designers ever to receive the honor.
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Cool.
The Next Met Fashion Blockbuster and Gala Will Honor the Controversial Designer John Galliano www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/s...
The Next Met Fashion Blockbuster and Gala Will Honor the Controversial Designer John Galliano www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/s...
Obviously there are huge ifs here, and basically both parties think they have an interest in spoiling this. But if this is successful, it doesn’t matter what I think of him: Trump should receive the Nobel Prize.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
July 30, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Obviously there are huge ifs here, and basically both parties think they have an interest in spoiling this. But if this is successful, it doesn’t matter what I think of him: Trump should receive the Nobel Prize.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu is asking Israeli young adults (not those young adults) to die for Ben-Gvir’s and Smotrich’s messianic war against Palestinians (and the world) and instead Israeli young people (not those young people) are suiciding in their barracks. The end for these leaders cannot come soon enough.
July 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Netanyahu is asking Israeli young adults (not those young adults) to die for Ben-Gvir’s and Smotrich’s messianic war against Palestinians (and the world) and instead Israeli young people (not those young people) are suiciding in their barracks. The end for these leaders cannot come soon enough.
The messianic settlers in government want a chaotic war in the West Bank. They see even Bibi mulling jettisoning them for his own survival in the next election and know this could be their last chance to have the portfolios they do. They must be stopped.
July 26, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The messianic settlers in government want a chaotic war in the West Bank. They see even Bibi mulling jettisoning them for his own survival in the next election and know this could be their last chance to have the portfolios they do. They must be stopped.
The West Bank is on fire because successive Israeli governments kept lighting matches. This one probably more than any other in recent history, but this is the result of a years-long attempt to inflame. And the pogromists and their government should be brought to justice.
July 24, 2026 at 11:41 PM
The West Bank is on fire because successive Israeli governments kept lighting matches. This one probably more than any other in recent history, but this is the result of a years-long attempt to inflame. And the pogromists and their government should be brought to justice.
This is the right language. And in addition to the nauseating horrors Hamas perpetrated in the envelope and the IDF perpetrated in Gaza, I’m also nauseated by the fantasy team approach I see across social media.
The truth is that they’re asking it as a kind of friend-or-foe identifier. If someone calls the conflict a genocide, they might be on the right team. If they don’t immediately do so, or don’t do it in the right way, they’re on the wrong team. So now you have social permission to take the safety off.
July 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This is the right language. And in addition to the nauseating horrors Hamas perpetrated in the envelope and the IDF perpetrated in Gaza, I’m also nauseated by the fantasy team approach I see across social media.