How could I move back to Israel? Israeliness has become a mark of Cain abroad – and coming back home is no reliefShany Littman11:34 AM • August 23 2026 IDTIf I lived in the late 19th century and wanted to get from the East Coast of the United States to Ottoman Palestine, the trip would have taken around four weeks. It involved a steamship, trains, a ferry, another train, a wait at Marseilles and then a ship across the Mediterranean to Jaffa. Four weeks in transit is a fairly reasonable stretch for acclimating from one world to another.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel-PalestineIsrael - U.S.anti-Israel Campus protestsAntisemitismCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankEisenkotTurkey-InterpolE1 TenderNetanyahuGazaCalifornia Special ElectionHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIDF Was Warned 170 Soldiers' Details Were Online. It Did Nothing for a WeekOver 100 Former British, French Diplomats Urge Sweeping Sanctions on IsraelIDF Sources Say West Bank Policing Plan Meant to Let Settlers Build FreelyMark Ruffalo Rejects Paramount's Antisemitism Charge Over His Israel CriticismBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryIsraeli Army Orders Criminal Probes Into Killing of Hind Rajab, Gaza MedicsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGo to Qusra to See What Israel Is Trying to Hide