On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of our prominent statesmen, the former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes about how he thinks Shimon Peres would have forged a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia.

Allowing the grandchildren of Jews to come to Israel is problematic, but preventing them is even more problematic. The solution: opening the gates of conversion.

If the parties internalize and converge, on this Tisha B'Av, we will be able to feel that we have learned something from the past and will not repeat the mistakes of our ancestors

Along with government pressure to stifle criticism and intimidate civil servants, the dilemma facing the drafters of the National Intelligence Estimate intensifies.

China has taken major strides into the Mideast arena, and the Prime Minister needs to go and make Israel's case

In Europe, Jews often serve as the canary in the coal mine, the first to recognize threats that affect all German citizens.

The protest movement seems to have succeeded in preventing the situation from worsening. But there is a significant difference between “avoiding evil” and “doing good.”

The boycott of Angel Bakery was a spontaneous grassroots response to the trampling of The ultra-Orthodox community’s most cherished symbols.

A possible result is that the criticism will become even more incendiary, rather than softened or silenced entirely.