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Dec 19, 2019, 4:27 PM

One nation, under God?

People participate in the annual Celebrate Israel Parade on June 3, 2018, in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP)

The uproar over defining Jewish identity highlights a chasm between Jews in and outside of Israel that urgently needs to be bridged

Mar 18, 2018, 1:58 PM

Israeli voters deserve moral leaders

Police chief Roni Alsheich and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 3, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The country needs big change, including direct elections, term limits and curbs on hoarding ministerial portfolios

Jun 20, 2017, 2:53 PM

Keeping pro-Israel politics bipartisan in an age of polarization

AIPAC will remain a formidable asset only if the organization is not turned into a hyper-politicized boxing ring

Feb 9, 2017, 2:57 PM

Israel, Trump and the (other) wall

With all due respect to Mexico, there’s another wall back in the news these days. Not back in the news actually, but still there. Constructed around 2,000 years ago as a retaining wall for an expanded Temple Mount, the...

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Shalom Lipner is a nonresident senior fellow for Middle East programs at the Atlantic Council in Washington. From 1990 to 2016, he served seven consecutive premiers at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.