The Big Take
An Isolated Israel Doubles Down on War in Gaza — At All Costs
Despite a flailing economy and political rifts, Israelis are mobilizing against what they see as an existential threat
A Jan. 18 rally in Tel Aviv in solidarity of Kfir Bibas, an Israeli boy who spent his first birthday held in captivity by Hamas. Bibas is a redhead, and orange balloons are being used all over the country to symbolize his plight.
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Viktor Frankl’s 1946 book “Man’s Search for Meaning,” a first-hand account of how prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp found the will to live, has suddenly appeared on Israeli best-seller lists.
A hip-hop duo that made it big last spring rapping about partying with friends in nightclubs now have the most streamed song in Israel — a wartime anthem that celebrates military vengeance in Gaza.