Posts Tagged: Israel right wing
Poll: Israelis Remain Proud of Identity, Youth Identify More as Right-Wing
JNS.org - Israelis’ national pride remained stable in 2022, and a higher percentage of young Israelis identified as right-wing, according to the 2022 Israeli Democracy...
US Hysteria Over Israel’s Elections Shows More Chutzpah Than Wisdom
JNS.org - Americans—especially American Jews—have expressed dismay at the results of last week’s Israeli elections. They seem to believe that Israel has been transformed suddenly...
A Vaccine for Israel’s Political Paralysis?
The coronavirus pandemic has emerged as a vaccine to the political paralysis in Israel. Even if the vaccine has a temporary effect, and holds for...
How Israeli Politics Can — and Should — Move Forward
When waking in the morning, Israelis need to pinch ourselves to be certain that our current position is not a dream: The American administration headed...
The Sad Rejection of Ben-Gurion’s Vision
The rejection by Israeli intellectuals of Jewish spiritual and political activism, as exemplified in the preaching and actions of Rabbi Akiva, who was executed by...
It’s Time for Netanyahu’s Coalition Partners to Start Governing
JNS.org - On April 9, the Israeli electorate made a clear choice: to empower Benjamin Netanyahu to remain Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu received more Knesset...
The Message of the Israeli Election
Two days before Israelis went to the polls last Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke cast his ballot in the Israeli election. He declared Prime...
A Call to GA Participants
First, permit me to open this column by expressing my distress that for the first time, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) are holding...
A Looming Constitutional Crisis in Israel?
The most important part of Israel's new Nation-State Law may well be its constitutional implications, which have been overlooked by the countless opinion and analysis...
Don’t Let Israeli Politicians Destroy Judicial Independence
In recent years, and more frequently in recent months, Israel’s government has debated several proposals that would alter the delicate balance of power between legal...
Some Israeli Right-Wingers Slam AIPAC for Endorsing Two-State Solution
JNS.org - Some right-wing Israeli politicians leveled harsh criticism at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) during its annual conference in Washington, DC, for endorsing...
‘Fascist’ Ayelet Shaked Wants to Improve Lives of Palestinians
Over the weekend, Haaretz's Rogel Alpher wrote another of his endless supply of articles that compete with each other to say something so outrageous that he and his...
The Jewish Right Is Hijacking the Pro-Israel Discussion
The responses from most American Jewish organizations and media outlets after the United States’ abstention from the UN Security Council vote, and then Secretary of State John...
Exposing Palestinian Hatred Doesn’t Make Me a Racist
In a column provocatively titled “Racism-as-Zionism. Don't Call It 'pro-Israel.' Call It What It Is: Disgusting,” Haaretz.com senior editor Bradley Burston accuses me of being a revolting...
