A crisis such as the one we are going through in Israel is an opportunity for self-examination and soul-searching. I tended to believe that pragmatism would always win the day. I was wrong.

If we wisely gird ourselves with constitutional arrangements on the rules of the game commonly accepted in liberal democracies, we will be able to restore our covenant of fate.

As a senior US government official under Carter, I tried to synthesize policy in ways that strengthened the US-Israel relationship

The Jewish state must remain democratic and pluralistic. To be Jewish but not democratic is an inherent contradiction

Maybe you highly educated and discerning women could still learn a thing or two from the women of Bnei Brak, and from their approach to the institution of marriage

The radicalization of the center could crush the Israeli backbone. If it spreads it could reach a critical mass and bring an end to Israeli-ness as we know it.

Deeper cooperation in both the military and economic spheres is essential.

While outrage has surrounded the timing of the proposed Basic Law: Torah Study, Israeli society should also ask itself about the law's ideological motives

If they don’t rethink a new course, they will find themselves facing a majority that will stop supporting their continued prosperity, and perhaps their very existence.