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Must Israel ‘support Washington to face down Beijing?’ – analysis
Asia

Must Israel ‘support Washington to face down Beijing?’ – analysis

A 2019 Rand Corporation Study reviewed Israel-China relations from the perspective of the American national interest.
29/10/2020
Asia
No substitute for Oslo and the ‘new Middle East’ – opinion
Middle East

No substitute for Oslo and the ‘new Middle East’ – opinion

For a moment, I felt that the voice of the late president Shimon Peres was coming from the mouth of Netanyahu. Published in the Jerusalem Post. The agreement to normalize relations between Israel and Sudan – another important step adjoining the agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – fuels the debate over whether a “new Middle East” is…
28/10/2020
Middle East

Ultra-Orthodox Non-Compliance Rests on Fear

The ultra-Orthodox “revolt” of the last lockdown, which continues until today, is most clearly expressed in the opening of their elementary schools for boys. This violation of the rules brings to light two phenomena: the first is the unmistakable priority granted to abiding by communal and religious values over complying with the laws of the state. Second, and just as…
26/10/2020

At the Crossroads: The Ultra-Orthodox Community and Israeli Society

The last two weeks and very likely—the weeks ahead are likely to be one of the most dramatic—and most seminal —periods in the history of the State of Israel. Israel’s rates of Covid-19 infection and mortality are among the highest in the world, and there is a clear and present danger of collapse of the health system’s capacity to provide…
06/10/2020

From Politics to a Holy War

Recent days have seen a strange development: Political positions, ideologies and worldviews, support for the Prime Minister or opposition to him—all of them have undergone conversion, and have been transformed into religious beliefs. The long-established ultra-Orthodox parties, who cling fiercely to their faith, are now being joined by those who are clinging no less fiercely to their secularism; those who…
24/09/2020
A Briefing on the 2020 Annual Assessment

A Briefing on the 2020 Annual Assessment

The Annual Assessment of the Jewish People A breifing with Avinoam Bar-Yosef, Avi Gil, Shmuel Rosner, and Gitit Levy-Paz Thursday, September 24, at 11:00am EST Open participation via Zoom: Meeting ID: 833 4897 3834 Passcode: 205988 bit.ly/AA2020E
23/09/2020

Cries of Protest vs. Cries of Prayer

The sharp contrast between the permission to hold mass protest demonstrations on the one hand and the restrictions imposed on prayer services on the other, is disturbing to many, and rightly so. Many sectors of the Israeli public, both the observant and the traditional, feel that their values are not being treated with the same degree of respect as are…
21/09/2020
2020 Annual Assessment
Photo by Avi Ohayon, GPO

2020 Annual Assessment

Situation and Dynamics of the Jewish People Annual Assessment תש”פ | 2020   Project Head Shmuel Rosner Contributors Avinoam Bar-Yosef, Dan Feferman, Shlomo Fischer, Avi Gil, Inbal Hakman, Michael Herzog, Gitit Levy-Paz, Dov Maimon, Steven Popper, Uzi Rebhun, John Ruskay, Adar Schiber, Noah Slepkov, Shalom Salomon Wald Editors Barry Geltman Rami Tal
15/09/2020

Israeli Tribalism Will Be the Death of Us

“In those days, there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Book of Judges). Based on current events in Israel, we seem to be reverting back to the period of the Biblical judges, with each tribe fighting against the other, in an atmosphere of complete chaos. This would be bad enough…
14/09/2020
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