Jewish Review of Books

Israel, Interrupted

The blog “Israel, Interrupted” describes how relentless air‑raid sirens, missile strikes and successive wars have turned daily life in Israel into a series of forced pauses. It traces the origins of these disruptions from COVID‑19 through the 2022 judicial reform protests to the October 7 Hamas attack and the current Iran‑Hezbollah front. The piece argues that constant emergencies erode sustained attention, impair personal and professional development, and cement a fatalistic view of perpetual conflict. It calls for a return to the pioneering, problem‑solving spirit of early Zionists as a counter‑weight to the endless interruptions.