The Right has forgotten the damage a narrow government can do
The possibility a left-wing government will be established should concern us all. Narrow or short-term as it may be, we ...
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The Democrats' disconnect from Israeli reality
The party’s turnout for the J Street conference and their presidential candidates’ threats of cutting off aid to Israel illustrate ...
The Kurds are 'not angels'
That was US President Donald Trump’s characterization of the Kurds last week. He’s right, of course. But among Muslim nations, ...
Overcoming German anti-Semitism
Measures such as more security and banning Nazi salutes do not change attitudes, which are the crux of the problem. ...
A façade of governability
The Right has been consistent in its principles, whereas the Left – poised to move into power for the first ...
Gantz and the religious parties? Not likely
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz has a deep, long-standing respect for Jewish tradition. But politically, the religious parties have ...
On military might and moral power
Israel’s national security and its national decency are closely linked: When Israel is strong socially and spiritually it earns the ...
Netanyahu, the media and the fate of Israeli democracy
From Oslo to London to Sydney to Washington, courts and senior jurists hold that it is impermissible to criminalize or ...
The threat of sanctions worked
US President Donald Trump's desire to minimize US military involvement in arenas he deems to be of secondary or marginal ...
Why Eisenhower deleted the Jews
Any survey of the former president's record needs to also consider his troubling decision, in 1944, to delete references to ...