Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis)

68% of American Jews support the US-Israel war against Iran, survey finds - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The results suggest U.S. Jews are more supportive than Americans overall but less than Israeli Jews.

The @jta.org headline is simply wrong; please amend. JPPI itself acknowledges that it polls "connected" Jews, not Jews overall, meaning disproportionally more denominationally affiliated Jews and those who've lived in Israel, and less intermarried Jews. www.jta.org/2026/03/09/i...

I don't think we are prepared for what is going to happen to the US public opinion of the state of Israel - and the spillover onto people's opinions of American Jews - if it comes to be widely believed that Israel started a war that led people to be unable to afford gas.

The U.S. was “dismayed” at the scale of Israel’s massive airstrikes against Iranian fuel infrastructure last night, believe that it would “backfire strategically, rallying Iranian society to support the regime.” -Axios

Opening panel and Smol Emuni

Crowd at Smol Emuni

I'm at the conference of Smol Emuni - the US sister movement of the Israeli Faithful Left - in a room of hundreds of fellow observant American Jews opposing the occupation and upholding human dignity as a Jewish value. A day of Torah, serious thought, community, and organizing. There are LOTS of us.

The people who created international law weren’t pacifist ninnies. No, they had gone through war and were determined to never go through that again.

Findings of the Flash Survey on Operation Roaring Lion | INSS Summary of the Results A clear majority of the Israeli public (81%) supports the Israeli–US attack on Iran (Operation Roaring Lion). In addition, 63% believes the campaign should continue until the fa...

We ran a survey immediately after the launch of the war/operation. Overwhelmingly popular.

www.inss.org.il/publication/...

When privately owned data centres constitute Mission Vital Infrastructure, they become targets and militaries will have to protect it somehow

In other words, do you use your scarce air defence for data centres, force protection, or protecting your own population?

I'm assuming the admin is pricing this into the war, but only for so long presumably. What's the point at which Republicans in Congress start asking the admin for help becuase they're getting hammered on this?

JOB

Assistant Professor of Political Theory
University of Cambridge
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...

No, but don't be shocked if and when it happens and how relatively cleanly it might happen. Emphasis on might, but again, don't assume it's impossible.

The
Military planners are serious folks. Don’t forget that these guys cracked a country that was planning for this for decades (more in June than now but still).

I’m assuming this isn’t the first this has come up

U.S. weighs sending special forces to seize Iran's nuclear stockpile Preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon is one of Trump's stated war objectives.

This tracks

On Jew Hatred and Trolls I posted the text below on my social media channels after getting annoyed by trolls who always respond to my posts about the explosion in Jew hatred, and my analysis and reporting on extremism and rad...

This is really important from @yasharali.bsky.social and I’m grateful to him for writing and posting it.

YouTube video by ג׳יין בורדו jane bordeaux ג'יין בורדו // לא לבד

So much of the Israeli post October 7th music was about fire and fury. This song is about pain and loss and as such it speaks to me much more. Every so often I go back to it and it hits just as hard. youtu.be/H_gMtQ7BTo4?...

I'd hope for the best. jerusalem doesn't get that many sirens so I was optimistic

And they’re done!

I’m not sure it’s a proper one. It’s basically an overnight no knead.

Also, should have gone for Stolled

“Stalled” he says

I’m not stress baking. You’re stress baking

NEW: The US & Israeli combined force has advanced to the next phase of their campaign, which will focus on targeting Iranian defense industrial assets, especially missile production facilities. The IDF has continued strikes targeting Iranian ballistic missile infrastructure. isw.pub/IranUpdate03...

What are you even doing. Seriously!!!1!

Animal Crossing reference, John

I don’t think that’s true about Iran. They’ve reestablished C&C

Emanuel (Mannie) Fa... & X.com @manniefabian The IDF issues an "urgent warning" to residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, ahead of planned strikes against the terror group. "Residents of the neighborhoods of Bourj el-Barajneh and Hadath, move east toward Mount Lebanon on the Beirut-Damascus road. Residents of the neighborhoods of Haret Hreik and Shiyyah, move north toward Tripoli on the Beirut-Tripoli road, and also east toward Mount Lebanon via the Metn Expressway," says army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.

"Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately," he says. "It is forbidden to move south. Any movement southward may endanger your lives. We will notify you when it is safe to return to your homes," Adraee adds. [map of Beirut] 6:42 AM • 3/5/26 • 72K Views

⚠️ In an unprecedented move, the IDF has issued an evacuation warning for the entirety of southern Beirut in Lebanon.

Previous evacuation warnings in Beirut have been for specific buildings only that the IDF has then bombed.

Between June and now, one major improvement in the public shelter is that they installed WiFi. So we got that going for us, which is nice

It’s astonishing how quickly the US-Israeli war with Iran has expanded.

In mere days, it’s gone from limited to regional to global in terms of theater.

As Iran’s supply of long range weapons dwindles, we will likely see more asymmetric tactics that could affect Europe, the UK, and the US directly.

So how are we doing? That’s how

Ever since Israel’s successful campaign against Hezbollah in the Fall of 2024, I’ve been forcing myself to ask “what if this succeeds”. It’s also what Albert O. Hirschman would tell us to ask (see Rhetoric of Reaction). I’ll try to do a version of this about the current Iran war when I get a minute.