October 7 confirmed that calling for ceasefires prematurely, as many of these “religious leaders” also did in 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2021, is peace-posturing and not peace-seeking.

Practically, what Netanyahu wants to do is also keep the public focused on the SIM cards and distract people from what really led to October 7.

The Israeli government’s diplomatic rigidity prompts the world to consider enforcing a solution from the outside.

How is it conceivable that the lives of these individuals have become an issue over which there is no consensus and no outcry? How is there more than one side to the “hostage question”?

By treating politics as transactional, Americans keep underestimating most Palestinians’ apocalyptic, all-or-nothing zealotry.

Until now, the discussion on recruiting the ultra-Orthodox centered on the question of “equal burden sharing.” This is an even more significant value today.

A responsible government would seize the chance to bridge divides and work to advance the integration of Israeli Arabs into the society

Every liberal democrat knows that the moral imperative when fighting a just war is to save yourself, your comrades, and your country

The issue of Haredi exemption would have been set aside during wartime – Israel has far more pressing issues – if not for the government pushing through the legislation in the middle of the war.