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Israel’s Role toward the Diaspora

Israel as a Jewish and democratic state has already become the center of world Jewish life, and its population growth and vitality will make that role even more important as it passes from 75 to 100 years old. It must, given its military prowess and growing economy, take its rightful place among the democratic states in what used to be known as the Western alliance or the ‘free world.’ And it must reach out to the Diaspora communities not to seek help but to offer it.

Jewish and Democratic – Common Ground for a Common Camp: The Start of a Conversation

What we want, rather, is to stabilize the foundations on which our Jewish and Israeli discourse will continually renew itself – based on our commitment to each other and on our pledge to stick together, to take our fate into our own hands and move forward toward our shared future.
Israel-Diaspora Relations

JPPI’s Voice of the Jewish People Index – March 2024

The index shows broad consensus among respondents, including Biden supporters, that Israel should enter Rafah in order to defeat Hamas, and that Israel should pay more attention to avoid harming “uninvolved civilians.”
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Newsletter 28.3.24

Opening: Israel faces three formidable external challenges: in Gaza, in Lebanon, and in the international arena. Added to this, the dispute over ultra-Orthodox IDF conscription threatens to set the Israeli street ablaze. The government is charged with navigating these challenges, but it does not enjoy the confidence of two-thirds of the public. Therefore, there is no choice but to go…
Swords of Iron

A More Accurate Accounting of the War in Gaza

We must ask ourselves why it is that so many around the world prefer the fabrications of Hamas to the facts to be found on the ground.
Swords of Iron
Geopolitics

Forget two states, let’s try a two-democracy solution

Instead of shutting up, pretending the Palestinian problem will disappear, why not propose “two democracies for two peoples”?
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Beware of Dangerous Advice: An Urgent Letter to President Biden

They’re giving Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran propaganda victories they don’t deserve, weakening Israel and America, and holding Israel to standards America and other democracies never meet.
Geopolitics
Swords of Iron

Israel does not have a culture of accountability

Five months into this war, how are high-ranking officers still safe in their jobs while shamelessly reprimanding those below them?
Swords of Iron
JPPI Israeli Society Index

The Israelis place the responsibility for October 7 failure on the government and the army jointly

According to the survey, 63% of Israelis believe that Israel should attack Hezbollah with full force at the first available opportunity or after the war.
JPPI Israeli Society Index