Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s New World Order

According to reports, PM Netanyahu used the threat of Iran’s nuclearization to build, strengthen and solidify relations with the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, sometimes behind the back of the American. Should we be high-fiving him, or tsk-tsking?

Mothballing The Hope

Tel Aviv University doesn’t play Israel’s national anthem at graduation, out of respect for the feelings of Muslims and Christians. Is this self-abnegation, as some argue, or a brave step towards a more inclusive Israeli future?

Notes on Camp (with Apologies to Susan Sontag)

Should Jewish summer camps teach campers “the Palestinian narrative”?

Music

Miriam Toukan

• We Are Young (with SAZ)
• A Traveler’s Prayer (Quartetoukan)
• I loved you, Haifa (Quartetoukan)
• Wolf with Lamb  (with Idan Toledano)