October 5, 2026

Time to Undo the UN?

By David Haldane Oct. 5, 2026   It’s happened again. For the second time since moving the Philippines, I feel ashamed of this country I’ve come […]
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September 17, 2026

Becoming Israeli

By David Haldane Sept. 15, 2026     It was just last week, on Rosh Hashanah, that I finally decided. A holiday that meant little to […]
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June 28, 2026

The Tumbling of Trump

  By David Haldane   June 29, 2026     He’s finally lost me. Two years ago, I wrote a column called “Confession: Hamas Made Me […]
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May 3, 2026

Trouble in Paradise

By David Haldane May 3, 2026     The message gladdened my heart. “Can you help us?” it began. “We received an email regarding San Benito, […]
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March 9, 2026

The Inevitability of a Righteous War

By David Haldane March 9, 2026     Finally! That was my immediate reaction to last week’s news that the US and Israel had attacked Iran. […]
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March 1, 2026

Another Journalist Bites the Dust

By David Haldane March 2, 2026     I promised to bring him a crucifix. He was my publicist in Manila, a devout Catholic with whom […]
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December 22, 2025

Too Close to Home: Bondi Beach Terrorists Visit the Philippines

By David Haldane   Dec. 22, 2025     Okay, now it’s getting close to home. The two terrorists who attacked a huge Hanukkah fest at […]
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December 15, 2025

Preserving the Carcasses of Dead Houses

By David Haldane Dec. 14, 2025     The devastation was devastating. Block after block stacked with the carcasses of dead houses. Walls punctured by bullet […]
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December 15, 2025

A Cringeworthy Line

By David Haldane Dec. 15, 2025     Had I been eating a donut, I surely would have choked on it. What on God’s earth, you […]
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October 20, 2025

A Tearful Homecoming

By David Haldane Oct. 20, 2025     They’re back! Defying global fears that the war in Gaza would never end, all 20 of the surviving […]
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October 6, 2025

Hate Invades an Idyllic Philippine Island

By David Haldane Oct. 6, 2025     It feels like something a Nazi might say. “If Chabad House is legal,” Maria Tokong wonders on Facebook, […]
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September 14, 2025

Wailing at the Western Wall

By David Haldane Sept. 14, 2025   It hit me like a stone. One minute I was standing awkwardly at Jerusalem’s historic Western Wall wondering what […]
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