Yishai Edberg, at The Blogs

Apr 23, 2026, 9:59 AM

The 2026 Polling Discrepancy

There are seven major polling firms in Israel: Lazar, Filber, Kantar, Maagar Mochot, Migdam, Yossi Taktika, and Direct Polls. Five of these seven firms show a consistent stalemate between the two blocs while two, Filber and Direct Polls, show...

Apr 10, 2026, 12:16 AM

Three Benefits of Plurality Bloc-List Voting

Plurality Bloc-List Voting (PBLV) vs. Party-List Proportional Representation (List-PR) Israel’s current and longstanding election system functions along the List-PR method. Familiar to Israelis and followers of Israeli politics; parties produce lists, voters cast a single vote for one of these...

Mar 30, 2026, 6:42 PM

The Border Follows the Plow

A Call for Settlement in Gaza, the Bashan, and the Lebanon “Wherever the Jewish plow plows its last furrow, that is where the border will run.” Joseph Trumpeldor The Zamir doctrine named for IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has seen...

Mar 22, 2026, 3:16 PM

European Neutrality is American Vulnerability in Iran

The European powers are playing a game of chicken with the US over Russia hegemony in Eastern Europe that may cost Israel its war in Iran It may seem counterintuitive that the United States- only 7% of whose domestic oil...

Mar 15, 2026, 1:08 PM

Make Iran Cuba

The US’s relationship with the Republic of Cuba is a model for regional hegemony that can tolerate hostile regimes In April 1961, the United States led a failed ground invasion of the Republic of Cuba through the Bay of Pigs,...

Mar 8, 2026, 10:58 AM

American Jews: Expendable Minority

Most Americans may not hate Israel or Jews, but if enough do, is standing up worth losing an election? The presidential bellwether that is the Virginia gubernatorial election holds an ominous sign for American Jews. The election saw a crushing...

Mar 2, 2026, 2:08 PM

When Israel Leads

A mock, WWII-style poster featuring some of the countries in Israel's international coalition against Iran, original artwork

By acting decisively and independently, Israel has transformed from an isolated, client state into world-leading power It was Israel who was uniquely threatened by Iran; it was Israel who launched the first strike; it was Israel who killed Ali Khamenei;...

Nov 8, 2022, 6:36 PM

Yehuda and Yosef: A Response to HaRav Todd Berman

Rav Todd Berman of Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi and frequent Times of Israel columnist took pen to paper recently attacking Religious Zionism. Rav Berman decried Religious Zionism as hateful, a carrier of various ists and isms, and a departure from...

Sep 18, 2022, 6:36 PM

Bennett-Lapid’s Biggest Mistake

The biggest mistake the Bennett-Lapid coalition made in its year of governance was not lowering the electoral threshold. The electoral threshold is the percentage of votes a party must receive in order to secure representation in the Knesset. From...

Aug 22, 2022, 11:34 PM

Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Gambit

Freshman lawmaker and Otzmah Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir has announced his intention to run independently from the Religious Zionism join list. This divorce between Otzmah Yehudit and Bezalel Smotrich’s faction Religious Zionism could yield more mandates for both parties,...

About Me

Yishai Edberg is a former lone soldier in the COGAT unit, BA in political science from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and MA government student at Reichman University in Herzliya. Edberg is also a student of HaRav Dov Bigon and Yeshivat Machon Meir. Edberg writes on topics of Jewish identity, Israeli geopolitics, technology and political economy. The Complete and Translated Poetic Works of Avraham Stern by Avraham Stern, translated with forward and footnotes by Yishai Edberg is available today on Amazon and where books are sold.

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