David Brinn

Senior editor at The Jerusalem Post. Co-author of GOODBYE PARKINSON'S, HELLO LIFE. Al Gore & I are only people to shake hands w/ Jerry Garcia & Yasser Arafat

[Eytan Halon @eytanhalon]

It's a damning indictment of the UN that its secretary general is incapable/afraid of condemning the perpetrator - Hezbollah.

[Judah Ari Gross @JudahAriGross]

@Daniel_Sugarman Not that anyone is asking me, but I genuinely do not believe that Platner is a Nazi or has any affinity for Nazism. The tattoo and basically everything else about him just show that he's incredibly stupid and irresponsible, which should be disqualifying.

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

It didn't matter to the #telaviv crowd that it wasn't really #Metallica onstage. This show was all about release, celebration and hope. @Jerusalem_Post
https://t.co/STQTKLcGE6

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

@Jerusalem_Post It didn't matter to the #Israeli audience that it wasn't the real #Metallica onstage.
They needed the release and the celebration.
https://t.co/STQTKLcGE6

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

First rate #Metallica tribute band from #Serbia with the Ra'anana Symphony right now in #TelAviv
@Jerusalem_Post

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

It's telling that in French ambassador to Israel Frederic Journes' mealy defense of French criticism of Israel, he never once writes the name 'Hezbollah'
French gonna be French.
@Jerusalem_Post
https://t.co/ZyuzhwbDX4

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

When read side by side, almost comic readouts of the @MarkJCarney - @Isaac_Herzog phone call. Herzog focus on antisemitism in #Canada, Carney on the #Israeli treatment of #flotilla participants.
All sides happy.
https://t.co/2ySP6uDHiM
@Jerusalem_Post

[Adi @Adi13]

The Jewish hostage Evyatar David was forced to dig his own grave in Gaza.
Skin and bones. Starvation.
Broken.

Humiliated for terrorist propaganda.

Meanwhile, a privileged Western progressive is giving interviews to the media about how “traumatizing” it was to be briefly detained in Israel.

The moral collapse of the West is watching privileged narcissists compare themselves to real hostages tortured by terrorists.

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

The relationship between #LeonardCohen and #Israel began in 1972. Now those concerts may see the light of day with the resolution of a lawsuit between his children and his ex- manager.
@Jerusalem_Post
https://t.co/0oDmmikdWR

[Yaakov Katz @yaakovkatz]

Am in London for a few work meetings, and stopped by a bookstore. This time it was @Dauntbooks.

As expected, and perhaps unsurprisingly given the current climate, the Middle East section was front and center. As you can see in the photos, prominently displayed were books accusing Israel of genocide, books about alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza, books about the so-called occupation and of course @PeterBeinart’s latest book about his problem being Jewish while watching the Jewish state defend itself.

What was nowhere to be found? Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s “When We See You Again”. Didn’t make a difference that it was number one on the @nytimesbooks bestseller list. “While Israel Slept” was obviously not there as well. The one exception was Eli Sharabi’s “Hostage” almost missed on a whole different bookcase.

This is not accidental. It is by design. Bookstores like this don’t curate books for intellectual diversity or genuine scholarship. They curate to promote a narrative.

When I was younger - and probably more naive - I used to think bookstores were meant to provide readers with a range of titles that could get people to think, could encourage debate and could expand minds. Now too many seem interested in something else entirely: narrowing them.

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

Hundreds of Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze march for the peace of #Jerusalem today. @Jerusalem_Post

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Israel 🇮🇱 is a country where everyone raptly watches the Eurovision qualifying contest, everyone rallies behind the winner, everyone knows their life story, everyone learns the lyrics, the song is on the radio 24/7, and we stay up all night to watch the final.

Spain 🇪🇸 is a country that is jealous.

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

#noambettan performed admirably at @Eurovision semi finals despite attempts to drown him out with anti-#Israel chants. Best song by a longshot.
@Jerusalem_Post

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

Oh, and the timing for Kristof's propaganda piece was to get ahead of this.

He wasn't tasked with revealing sexual crimes, but with covering for them. And it worked.

https://t.co/w5ymheQQ84

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

The @nytimes hit piece on #Israel sure gives a colorful take on the term, 'man's best friend.'

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

@eytanhalon At least he's wearing a tallit

[Avi Mayer אבי מאיר @AviMayer]

It is important to reflect on this moment in American politics.

An individual with a Nazi tattoo on his chest, who has expressed admiration for Hamas, promoted antisemites and white supremacists, and told an antisemitic conspiracy theorist he is a “longtime fan”—alongside a series of homophobic, misogynistic, and ableist statements and slurs, as well as comments justifying sexual assault and blaming the victims thereof—is the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in the great state of Maine.

How scary. And how sad.

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

Delighted to fill on for @reglash on the #Jerusalem Dispatch with @calevbd .. discussing everything from Iran to @naftalibennett to #juliancasablancas and the 2nd Ave. Deli

[The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post]

Calev Ben-David and David Brinn discuss how 2026’s Independence Day in Israel brought a mix of celebration and somber reflection, as tensions with Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran continue to shape the nation's future.

https://t.co/mGSFRUrIa6

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Man who went viral for remaining in his seat as he ate food during the WH Correspondents' Dinner shooting says he didn't want his new tux on the dirty Hilton floor.

He also said he is from New York, so he hears sirens and activity all the time.

"I’m a New Yorker. We live with sirens and activity happening all the time," Michael Glantz, an agent at Creative Artists Agency, said.

"I wasn’t scared. There are hundreds of Secret Service agents hurtling themselves over tables and chairs, and I wanted to watch."

"First of all, I have a bad back. I couldn’t get on the floor, and if I did get on the floor, they’d have to bring in people to get me off the floor. And No. 2, I’m a hygiene freak. There was no freaking way I was getting in my new tux on the dirty Hilton floor. It was not happening."

[David Brinn @davidbjpost]

Will the suddenly unemployed #Alexcora join with @naftalibennett and @yairlapid to bring down #Netanyahu in the coming #Israeli election?
#redsox @Jerusalem_Post

https://t.co/dJr0jJ9jOI