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Nov 10, 2026, 10:37 AM

Israel’s Haredi Veto Is Exposing a Crisis in the Country’s Social Contract

A seven-seat party has become a consequential actor in Israel’s post-election contest. United Torah Judaism (UTJ), which has broken with Benjamin Netanyahu after years as a coalition partner, has refused to help the opposition replace Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana...

Nov 5, 2026, 10:10 PM

Arab Votes May Decide Who Rules, but Not Who Governs

Israel’s latest election has exposed a contradiction that goes beyond Benjamin Netanyahu’s struggle to remain in power. On November 5, the Joint List, an alliance of Arab political parties, announced its support for Gadi Eisenkot as the country’s next...

Oct 31, 2026, 5:24 PM

Israel’s Opposition Knows How to Oppose Netanyahu, But Does It Know How to Govern?

Israel’s October 27 election has produced a result that should have been a decisive turning point in Benjamin Netanyahu’s political career. His governing bloc has fallen to 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, eight short of a parliamentary majority....

Oct 28, 2026, 7:58 PM

Netanyahu May Be Ahead, but Israel Has Not Chosen a Government

Benjamin Netanyahu has reason to claim a political victory, but not yet a governing mandate. As Israel’s election results took shape on October 28, his bloc emerged ahead of its rivals, yet remained short of the 61 seats required...

Oct 27, 2026, 7:03 PM

The Morning After: Why Israel’s Next Coalition Will Look Like the Last One

On election night, one side will celebrate, while the other begins calculating what went wrong. Yet by morning, whoever emerges with the strongest claim to power will confront much the same list of problems: an unresolved war in Gaza,...

Oct 22, 2026, 6:30 PM

Israel’s Next Government Must Reconcile Its Security Doctrine With Its West Bank Policy

Israel’s October 27 election is unfolding amid a debate over what national security means after October 7, 2023. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented a new security doctrine that prioritises prevention, offensive action, military superiority and greater independence in...

Oct 15, 2026, 3:03 PM

Israel Must Buy Strategic Autonomy, Not Just American Weapons

Israel’s debate over military aid from the United States is often framed as a question of money. Should Washington continue providing billions of dollars in annual assistance, or should Israel gradually finance more of its own defence? That question...

Oct 3, 2026, 1:22 PM

Israel May Be Becoming the Rear Base of America’s Iran Strategy

America’s latest military buildup in the Middle East is being read largely through the familiar language of escalation. Washington is sending the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group toward the region, alongside the USS Makin Island amphibious ready group,...

Sep 22, 2026, 6:29 PM

Why Pezeshkian’s Maritime Olive Branch is Economic Coercion

When Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stepped onto the global stage at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, his delegation brought a carefully crafted narrative designed specifically to resonate with Western economic anxieties. Tehran, Pezeshkian implicitly signaled, stands...

Aug 6, 2026, 7:10 PM

Why Washington Chooses Diplomacy as Jerusalem Prepares for Solitary War

A fundamental shift has occurred in the strategic architecture of the Middle East. For decades, the tacit core of Western deterrence in the region rested on an unquestioned premise that Washington and Jerusalem possessed an interchangeable posture on Iran....

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Doctor of Sociology from Padjadjaran University, Indonesia. Defense and Environment Observer.