Middle East
Opinion Articles
Israel risks winning the war while losing the world
Israel is on a slippery slope toward a dangerous defeat – economic and diplomatic, and perhaps even in the security arena when a new US administration takes office in just over two years.
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Israel-Diaspora Relations
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.
Swords of Iron
Swords of Iron
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.
Middle East
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.
Swords of Iron
Swords of Iron
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”?
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
American policymakers have ideological blinders on
By treating politics as transactional, Americans keep underestimating most Palestinians’ apocalyptic, all-or-nothing zealotry.
Religion and State
Religion and State
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.
Democracy
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
