Hourly Roundup 14:00 Israel · 20 Oct 2026
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Torah perspective
Segalovitz crossed a line most Israeli Jews will not cross, and he did it knowing the cost. The Torah's own model for this is Aaron, who the sages say loved peace and pursued peace, drawing people close through warmth rather than argument. That is not weakness. It is the harder path, because it requires holding your own ground while refusing to treat the other as an enemy. The kibbutzniks who came to hear him were polite and unmoved. He kept going anyway, speaking to Arab audiences in a language he does not speak. Long-term stories rarely show results in one election cycle. They show up in whether the bridge still stands when the noise dies down.