Nearly 300 B’nai B’rith Israel members from across the country gathered in Kfar Saba this week for the organization’s 98th Annual Conference, where outgoing B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin was honored on the occasion of his retirement.

The United States remains the world's leading superpower, but its growing focus on domestic priorities, economic interests, and declining support for Israel is already reshaping its role in extraordinary ways.

Fifty-two heads of state will gather for NATO's annual summit in Turkey, which is set to become an unprecedented font of confrontation. On one side is the worsening clash between the isolationist Trump administration and many European countries. On the other is the meteoric rise of Erdogan as a central axis in the alliance. While the US president lavishes praise and military assistance on Turkey, and Europe courts its enormous army, Israel is watching the Turkish president's growing strength with concern.

Senior opposition figures, the justice system and media organizations harshly criticized the government's decision not to comply with a High Court ruling on the composition of the Second Authority for Television and Radio Council. They also warned of damage to the Israel's rule of law and freedom of the press.