One of the foremost authorities on Arabs in Israel, Professor Raphael Israeli, debunks claims that the extremist, anti-Zionist Arab leadership doesn't actually represent the views of their constituency.
The ultra-Orthodox public has been the target of public outrage over media images of them flouting Health Ministry instructions. When, in actuality, they are complying with the regulations – except when it comes to learning Torah.
For modern-day Israelis, Gaza is synonymous with terrorism and alienation. But Gaza has a long history of a thriving Jewish presence, explains researcher Haggai Hoberman.
Despite the Likud winning the hearts and minds of Israeli voters, the political impasse of the past year has only been cracked – not broken.
America might be grudgingly willing to let a transitional Israeli government redraw its lines (not "borders"), but for the most part, diplomatic activity is at a halt because of Israel's ongoing domestic political crisis.
In a special interview with Israel Hayom, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes war in Gaza must remain the last resort, vows to continue to bolster Israel's diplomatic standing worldwide, and warns against missing the historic opportunity presented by the US Middle East peace plan.
A week before Israel’s third election in under a year, Yamina leader and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett talks to Israel Hayom about the need for new tactics against terrorists in Gaza and reiterates that Yamina is the only party that can guarantee Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.
Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz believes the Center-Left bloc has a real chance of winning the March 2 elections and believes the Labor-Gesher-Meretz faction "needs to be the influencing force over Blue and White." Labor-Gesher-Meretz "offers clear and precise solutions to people who need to ask themselves who really represents them in the Knesset," he says.
Blue and White MK Zvi Hauser used to be Netanyahu's right-hand man, and now he wants to unseat him. But even he agrees that the ideological differences between the Right and the Left are almost nonexistent.
Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked is ready to storm policymaking once again and warns against voter fatigue and petty politics. "Likud likes it when the national-religious parties are small, weak, pathetic, with the Science and Space portfolio. They don’t want us with Justice or Defense. That’s less convenient. Why? Because we challenge them," she asserts.