Lenny’s Substack

The Israeli Women POWs in Jordan’ Desert Camp in 1948

Illustrated Chapter 3. The nurses, fighters, and civilians.

Sep 18 • Lenny Ben-David

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The Israeli POWs’ Life in Captivity at Umm al-Jamal.

Chapter 2

Sep 10 • Lenny Ben-David

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Photographic Secrets from the Arab-Israeli Battlefield in 1948 and Israel's War of Independence

A DETOUR FROM MY RESEARCH ON PHOTOS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Sep 7 • Lenny Ben-David

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August 2026

The Washington Post—Haunted by an Anti-Israel Ghost?

A warning about scarce missile-defense ships became another morality tale about Israel. The facts are less convenient.

Aug 3 • Lenny Ben-David

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July 2026

Madam Lydia, Diva of the Holy Land, Witnessed the Jews of Jerusalem in the 19th Century

Lydia Von Finkelstein was born to a Jerusalem Jewish family. She was an actress, reporter, Christian, and Mormon. Her quotes below come from a New…

Jul 2 • Lenny Ben-David

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Happy Birthday to the United States from Jerusalem! In Honor of July 4.

A photographic album of the "Old Glory" flag flying in Jerusalem over centuriess.

Jul 2 • Lenny Ben-David

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June 2026

William Seward, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State, is the Next Witness to Jewish Life in the Holy Land in the 19th Century

Abraham Lincoln told his wife he "wanted to visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footprints of the Savior." Was his interest piqued…

Jun 30 • Lenny Ben-David

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My Next Witness to Jewish Life in the Holy Land, Lt. William Lynch, leader of an 1848 U.S. Navy expedition to the Dead Sea

While American explorers were "going West" as part of their "Manifest Destiny," one U.S. Navy officer went East and discovered Jewish communities in the…

Jun 22 • Lenny Ben-David

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What Was Trump Thinking? Probably What Many of his Predecessors Thought

U.S. Policy toward Israel: Affirm Its Security, but Limit an Outright Victory

Jun 20 • Lenny Ben-David

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My Second Witness to Jewish Life in the Holy Land in the 1850s: John Mendenhall Dennis, an American Preacher

Dennis's original name was “Mendel Diness,” a Jewish watchmaker in Jerusalem, who photographed Jews in Jerusalem 175 years ago.

Jun 17 • Lenny Ben-David

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I Call the Ottoman Imperial Archives as My First Witness

Photos, documents, and illustrations from Turkey's Imperial Archives show that Jews were indigenous to the Holy Land well before the 1917 Balfour…

Jun 10 • Lenny Ben-David

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May 2026

The Stinging Death of an American AWACS Aircraft in Saudi Arabia

Do the Saudis put their high-end U.S.-provided equipment in harm's way?

May 4 • Lenny Ben-David

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