Opinion Articles

Thin constitution needed to stabilize the government amid political crisis

Israel’s political future depends on adopting a thin constitution that prioritizes stability, fairness, and compromise, ensuring democratic governance amid internal divisions.
Thin constitution needed to stabilize the government amid political crisis
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Geopolitics

Broad consensus, powerful global actor: What Israel, Jews fail to understand about the EU

The problem is the refusal to recognize that the European Union is a powerful global actor with a coherent and long-term worldview, not a collection of interchangeable politicians.
Geopolitics
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Can Israel bring in 1 million new immigrants from the West?

Will Israel, this time, succeed in becoming a country that attracts immigration from affluent nations?
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Identity and Education

On Hate, Condescension and Political Extremism

To understand the full nature of the political and social rift within Israeli society, it is necessary to explore the realm of emotions.
Identity and Education
Religion and State

The Haredi draft bill will be the end of Zionist Israel

If it passes, it will fortify the camp that rejects core civic values, magnify the burden on the military and the economy, and put the country's very survival in jeopardy.
Religion and State
Democracy

Afraid of accountability, Israel’s government goes after its own generals

What Katz did to Zamir this week is not about professionalism, governance, or oversight. It is about keeping the spotlight on the IDF and away from the government.
Democracy
Antisemitism

Understanding anti-Jewish immigrant roots behind Mamdani’s progressive antisemitism

Just a few years ago, progressive antisemites were as rare as racist civil rights activists or pacifist boxers.
Antisemitism
Identity and Education

Moving Rightward, Again?

When an Israeli says “I shifted to the right,” he or she is sending us a message: I became more suspicious of peace processes, more skeptical of concessions, more demanding about security guarantees.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

Will young Israelis’ rightward, traditional shift impact the country’s future?

When these long-term demographic trajectories combine with new data showing increased traditionalism among young Israelis, the direction is quite clear.
Identity and Education
Antisemitism

The anti-Zionist racist and the man who fought the UN’s ‘Zionism is racism’

A half century ago, a courageous New York hero, a proud Democrat working for a Republican president, stood before the world and denounced the UN’s poisonous hatred that Zionism is racism, so how can anyone of good conscience support a mayoral candidate who aligns with that?
Antisemitism