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May 12, 2026, 12:12 AM

Israel’s Struggle to Maintain Religious Pluralism

Israel's founders aspired – as proclaimed in Israel's declaration of independence – to a Jewish ingathering while assuring freedom of religion and conscience to all inhabitants. How would those mostly secular founders regard current efforts of an ultra-religious bloc...

Mar 8, 2026, 4:59 PM

Thoughts from my refuge in Tel Aviv

Having lingered in a bomb shelter for approximately 50 hours over the last 7 days, I've had time to ponder the Israel/Iran war. My thoughts have covered a spectrum of emotions -- from admiration of the remarkable resilience and...

Dec 17, 2025, 8:12 PM

The Fate of Trump’s Plan to End the Gaza Conflict

At various junctures, Donald Trump has appeared to be a useful protector of Israeli security interests. For example, he recognized the existential threat that the Iranian ayatollahs and revolutionary guards, with their extreme Jihadist ideology, posed to Israel's future....

Apr 15, 2025, 8:14 PM

Distorted Agendas in Washington and Jerusalem

A recent opinion piece in the NYT referred to "a disproportionately powerful minority driving an agenda that is out of step with most of the public they represent." The writer's focus was on a segment of President Donald Trump's...

Nov 20, 2024, 11:23 PM

Palestinian Rejections of a 2-State Solution

Once upon a time, anti-Israel agitation focused on Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the principal demand was Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 borders – i.e., to the agreed armistice lines at the conclusion of the 1948 war...

Aug 20, 2024, 6:31 AM

Dehumanization Breeding Dehumanization?

The events of October 7, 2023, understandably produced extreme rage and trauma within Israel. The mass killing of 1200 people and the kidnap and holding hostage in Gaza of 250 people (including elderly and children) amply illustrated the horrific...

Feb 5, 2023, 2:34 PM

Myths Driving the Push for Judicial Reform

The Netanyahu administration's proposal to constrict the Israeli judiciary is fueled by two major delusions. The first is that Israeli judicial review of governmental conduct has operated as a form of abusive judicial tyranny – judges arbitrarily asserting power...

Mar 7, 2022, 3:35 PM

A Rare Moment of Israeli Tennis Glory

Glorious victories have been few and far between in the history of Israeli tennis. In 1987, Amos Mansdorf reached number 18 in the world and in 2011 Shahar Peer reached the number 11 rank for a few months. In...

Nov 22, 2021, 12:38 PM

Academia’s Disturbing Distortion of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Academics are expected to treat controversial issues with reasoned analysis – objective evaluation of opposing sides. Commentary following the recent 11-day war between Israel and Hamas revealed a shocking deviation from that standard among many American academics. Faculty groups...

Jan 31, 2021, 1:04 PM

Lessons for Israel from America’s Enduring Structure of Democratic Governance

America's transfer of presidential power on January 20, 2021 -- for the 46th time over a span of 232 years -- was particularly noteworthy. A narcissistic, mendacious, bullying, would-be dictator -- also commander in chief of America's mighty armed...

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About Me

Norman Cantor is Distinguished Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Rutgers University Law School. He also visited at Columbia, Seton Hall, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv University law faculties. His scholarship appears in 4 books and scores of journal articles, some of which are accessible at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=206190. His personal blog is at http://seekingfairness.wordpress.com.

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