Posts Tagged: Israeli politics
The Solution to Israel’s Political and Judicial Discord Runs Through Each of Us
In the midst of Israel's ongoing political and judicial tensions, each side has become increasingly convinced that the other represents an existential threat to the...
Israel’s National Unity Has Faded Since Oct. 7, and Its Survival Is at Risk
In 67 BCE, with the death of Queen Salome Alexandra, the golden age of the Hasmonean dynasty collapsed into a bloody civil war. The prolonged...
Netanyahu Welcomes Smotrich’s Walkback of Huwara Comments; Biden Admin Plans Boycott
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night thanked Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for setting the record straight with regard to his call...
ADL to All Sides on Israeli Judicial Reform: ‘Avoid Incendiary Rhetoric’
JNS.org - The Anti-Defamation League announced that it joins Israeli President Isaac Herzog in trying to bring all parties to the debate over Israeli judicial reform...
Entire Netanyahu Coalition Signs Knesset Bill to Restore Deri as Minister
JNS.org - All 64 members of Israel’s governing coalition on Tuesday signed onto an amendment to Basic Law: The Government that would block the Supreme...
Israel’s Political System Is Broken
Moments after the polls closed on November 1, Israelis learned that the outcome of the fifth election in three years was decisive. Very. Even with...
Israel: From Tribal Politics to a Territorial Democracy
The State of Israel is in a political crisis that reflects deep social rifts. At the Herzliya Conference in 2015, then-president Reuven Rivlin noted that...
Why Does the Media Ignore the Only True Democracy in the Middle East?
A recent opinion column by the journalist Gwynne Dyer was titled “No Functioning Democracies in Arab World.” The article notes that in Syria, Yemen, and Libya,...
Why Religious Parties Being Left Out of the New Government Could Really Help Israel
The personal attacks on Naftali Bennett coming from the Haredi parties in Israel -- because he has been instrumental in excluding them from power and...
The May 2021 Israeli Arab Riots, and Their Implications
The Jewish public and political discourse in Israel has viewed the riots that occurred in May through a starkly dichotomous prism. Right-wingers saw Israeli Arabs’ attacks...
The Naftali Bennett Riddle
One week before the deadline expires for Benjamin Netanyahu to either form a new government or return the mandate to President Rivlin, the prime minister...
Exploring the Political Reality in Israel
The State of Israel is in a political crisis. There is no doubt about that. In the last two years, four election campaigns have been...
Israeli Politics Aren’t (Totally) Broken, But We Can Still Fix Them
Before last month’s national elections, I wrote about the nature of the race and how it had been stripped of all ideology and meaning. With all...
2021 Israeli Elections: Extremists Became Stronger — and There’s Still No Alternative to Netanyahu
The 2021 Israeli election ended -- once again -- without a clear outcome. Although the right-wing bloc won 59 seats (if you include Naftali Bennett), a...
