Israel's Supreme Court needs democratic checks on its power
Restoring the pre-Aharon Barak juridical culture of restraint is a necessary process.
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The default policy option: Chaos
Anarchy in the Palestinian territories poses a security problem for Israel, but as a temporary situation is not the worst-case ...
Netanyahu at bay, but what about the facts?
Israel's political upheaval reflects partisan tunnel vision on all sides.
Return to Jenin
The flashpoint was the location, in April 2002, of one of the most treacherous myths about Israel's military conduct that ...
Russian–Ukraine war escalates threat to Israel's security
US decision to strip arms stockpiles stored in the Jewish state to resupply Kyiv forces in its deadlocked fight with ...
The 'death of Israeli democracy'?
Israeli voters have consistently opted for the bloc of the religious–Right, contrary to the assumption that Israel's current government is ...
What if Iran's regime falls?
A few-months’ worth of high oil prices is a small price to pay for what could be years of much ...
Sheldon Adelson's values and vision will live on
Sheldon worried about the world that preceded his birth – those long centuries in which Jews were persecuted, without a ...
Inside Putin's mind
What could the Russian president be thinking at this time?
European Jewry is disappearing. Will Israel step up?
In its early days, Israel was aided by Jewish communities in Europe, and now they are asking to be helped ...