​​While in Israel the struggle for the hostages has turned into a source of polarization and controversy, Jews across the United States, of all stripes, are demonstrating unwavering support for the struggle.

Two recent legal decisions highlight the deep and systemic challenges Israel faces. We cannot ignore what they reflect about the current state of governance.

The dangerous flirtation of Israeli public leaders with the horrifying prospect of disobeying a High Court ruling, which will likely result in the dissolution of Israeli society.

That in the poisoned moral economy of “Free Palestine,” Jewish blood is a form of currency to be spilled—from the blown-up buses of the Second Intifada in Jerusalem to the rockets fired at Tel Aviv; from the massacred communities of southern Israel on October 7th to the Jewish museums of America.

Yair Golan and Ehud Olmert's statements may have concrete consequences in the growing international legal campaign against Israel.

If Israel had effective public diplomacy, we would be bombarded with news alerts detailing the military, medical, and hi-tech gains Israel provided America from this ugly war.

The gap between the public and the jury isn’t a matter of bad judgment. It is a symptom of a deep crisis of representation.

Israel helped shape this new Middle East. But now, it’s not even in the room.

The cult of revolution is only one side of the crisis. There is another, quieter betrayal that unfolds not in manifestos and murals, but in diplomatic receptions and billion-dollar endowments.