Marc Goldberg made aliyah to Israel in time to find himself fighting the Al Aqsa Intifada as an IDF Paratrooper and has been writing about Israel ever since his release in 2004. He is currently working on a book about the experience and can usually be found blogging at the Times of Israel. Marc has been published in a wide range of publications and blogs ranging from the Jewish Chronicle to the Guardian’s Comment is Free section.
Our Voice of the Fortnight is from the Times of Israel's 'Wartime Diaries' podcast. In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, Shai Davidai – an Assistant Professor at Columbia University – became an unlikely public defender of Israel. And truthfully, even he was surprised by this turn of events: As a committed left-wing Israeli, he had spent years criticizing the government, and often took to the streets to demonstrate against its policies. But the atmosphere he witnessed on college campuses (and specifically on his own campus at Columbia), compelled him to speak up and speak out.