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Geopolitics

When Iran tensions trigger Europe’s Israel reflex

As Trump weighs striking Iran, Europe braces for fallout while Israeli-EU tensions deepen, shaped by history, antisemitism, moral politics and reflexive mistrust that turns criticism into confrontation at a moment of mounting regional risk.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Study: Rafah fighting drew 100 times more media attention than Iran protests

According to the authors of the JPPI study, conflicts involving Israel receive a particularly high level of attention, which may at times be disproportionate when compared with more severe events elsewhere.
Geopolitics

The crisis of European Jews: between failing liberal democracies and dangerous authoritarians

How did liberal democracies – political systems built on protecting minorities, individual rights, and the rule of law – become places where Jews increasingly feel unsafe?
Religion and State

Thorns in the Eyes

The continuing saga of the Western Wall compromise.
Religion and State
Democracy

Israel legal gatekeepers must be careful not to overreach

At a time when the government has declared war on the legal establishment and the rule of law, this system must indeed act with resolve – but also with judgment and restraint.
Democracy
Haredim

A Haredi autonomy has emerged in the heart of Israel

In their eyes, they have full legitimacy to exploit to the fullest whatever can be extracted from their overlord: the Israeli taxpayer.
Haredim
Geopolitics

Europe struggles to matter in a chaotic Middle East today

Once a key player, Europe now risks being viewed as a marginal player in the Middle East.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Israel, Taiwan, and global diplomacy in the Year of the Fire Horse

A month where diplomacy, conflict, and culture reveal how power now blends identity and symbolism.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

Jesse Jackson’s ‘Empire of Hope’

Ironically, Jackson’s impact stemmed from never becoming president—and not participating in what many deemed a defining confrontation in America’s culture wars.
Identity and Education