Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeCredit: Mitan/Shahaf Grossman, Kinneret Zmora Dvir, Meged GozaniA six-page letter from 1973, printed in full in Ehud Barak's new Entebbe memoir, doubles as the book's most unusual endorsement. Plus, a Palestinian poet writing in Hebrew and the winners of this year's Jerusalem Film Festival05:59 PM • July 21 2026 IDT"Are we going to talk about politics?" the Palestinian-Israeli poet Muhammad Aguani messaged me ahead of our interview.In the NewsA Palestinian Poet's Hebrew Journey to a Long-lost City He Once Called HomeChristopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Is a Bold Blockbuster – but a Bit HollowLost Holocaust Music, Nearly Erased by Stalin, Goes on Tour in AsiaHow to Interpret the Israeli-Palestinian Reality in ReelsHélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop ThemBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient Rome