Opinion Articles

Rest of Israel’s population cannot be ultra-Orthodox’s flak jackets regarding IDF service

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.
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A More Accurate Accounting of the War in Gaza

We must ask ourselves why it is that so many around the world prefer the fabrications of Hamas to the facts to be found on the ground.
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Geopolitics

Forget two states, let’s try a two-democracy solution

Instead of shutting up, pretending the Palestinian problem will disappear, why not propose “two democracies for two peoples”?
Geopolitics
Swords of Iron

Israel does not have a culture of accountability

Five months into this war, how are high-ranking officers still safe in their jobs while shamelessly reprimanding those below them?
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Israel-Diaspora Relations

Rabbis not supporting the war against Hamas are acting irresponsibly

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.
Israel-Diaspora Relations
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Change needs to come to Israel’s post October 7 state

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.
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Middle East

Ben-Gvir is food for the Palestinians

The Israeli government’s diplomatic rigidity prompts the world to consider enforcing a solution from the outside.
Middle East
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This is how the hostages’ plight has been politicized

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”?
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Geopolitics

American policymakers have ideological blinders on

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

A Brief Window for Israel to Integrate Its Arab and Jewish Communities

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