Alexander Mermelstein

Jewish writer.
Holocaust inheritance, history, and moral clarity in a confused age.
Los Angeles | USC MPP

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New op-ed in The Hill:

Allowing false claims about First Amendment law to go unchallenged isn’t commentary — it’s misinformation.

When media skepticism becomes selective, constitutional literacy suffers.

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🧠 Context matters.

In my latest piece for @JNS_org, I explain why context is essential when evaluating public speech and political decisions.

Patterns, not isolated quotes, reveal intent. Accountability isn’t partisan. 👇
https://t.co/yGV0uL5uyu
#ContextMatters #Antisemitism

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“In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.”
I wrote this as a Jew raised by four Holocaust survivors, watching memory collapse into abstraction.
My essay on memory, moral inheritance, and why silence becomes abdication in 2025–26:
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Sources: Kenneth W. Stein; Haim Gerber (Ottoman land law); Gershon Shafir; Peel Commission (1937); Hope-Simpson Report (1930).

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🧵1/ Demystifying the Myth of Zionist Displacement

Were Zionists land thieves? Did they displace Arabs illegally? The real story is far more complex—and it begins not in 1948, but with Ottoman land reforms in the 1800s.

Let’s unpack what really happened. 🧵

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15/ We can debate policy today—but not myths. Jewish land acquisition began long before 1948, shaped by Ottoman reforms, Arab landowners, legal Zionist purchases, and a desperate search for refuge.

🧵/End. #History #Israel #Zionism #LandReform

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Clarification: “above-market” doesn’t imply a consistent premium. Late-Ottoman land markets were thin; Zionist buyers stood out for liquidity and reliability—cash, legal execution, and willingness to buy marginal land others avoided. Often, certainty mattered more than price.

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5/ Starting in the late 1800s, Zionist organizations legally purchased land from absentee landlords—including, famously, from members of the future Grand Mufti of Jerusalem’s family, the al-Husseinis.

These were not “land grabs.” They were formal, state-recognized transactions.

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I shared this essay a couple of days ago and I still think it matters beyond the news cycle.

In a Place Where There Are No Men reflects on moral responsibility in ways that don’t hinge on daily headlines — and that’s why I’m resharing it here.

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I’ve been focused on writing elsewhere — you can Google my name and find that work.
I’m sharing this here because it carries greater moral and temporal urgency than my other pieces.
In a Place Where There Are No Men
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@israelnewspulse https://t.co/aHDDi0e6k1

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Charlie is alive and fighting in hospital.

Please join us in praying for him.

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Please see my next piece at https://t.co/LqQUD26sqf

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@grok @realshahr @jakeshieldsajj He said "slaughtered" sounds like he's talking about brutal murders not one's that were collateral damage in war or actual combatants.

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@israelnewspulse Am Yisrael Chai

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Please see my first piece published on https://t.co/LqQUD26sqf

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@AjAqrabawi Yes that's a perfect analogy. Even though the jews were dispersed throughout Europe mixed with other ethnicities while the Gazans were, you know all in Gaza.

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@grok @chursluh @SentientAtom @LincolnHistori1 @thetweetbeat365 @abierkhatib Fair enough, but all the context matters. The original framing came across to me as significantly more damning than what actually occurred, so we should be careful.

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@grok @chursluh @SentientAtom @LincolnHistori1 @thetweetbeat365 @abierkhatib So nothing close to rape. Some form of excessive force in self-defense or there about.