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Jul 3, 2025, 4:15 PM

How to break the deadlock on investigating October 7 failures

Bereaved families, hostages' families and survivors of the October 7 massacre react as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a debate in the Knesset on establishing a comission of inquiry, March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israelis want a commission of inquiry, but the government has refused. What if a panel was tasked with preventing future disasters, not assigning blame?

Mar 25, 2025, 3:42 PM

A sober look at the 5 wedge issues setting Israel ablaze

Left: Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Dudu Bachar/POOL)

Not all of them are existential threats, although a High Court ruling against ousting the Shin Bet chief could become a true crisis

Mar 11, 2025, 4:01 PM

Splitting the Attorney General role would be a win-win all around

Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara and ministers pose for a picture during the weekly cabinet meeting, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

It's not easy being the government's legal counsel while also being chief prosecutor tasked with standing up to the government

Jan 12, 2025, 3:59 PM

The promise and pitfalls of the latest judicial reform outline

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) poses with his predecessor Gideon Sa'ar during a meeting on January 1, 2023 (Michael Dimenstein/GPO)

The proposed changes in the selection committee for Supreme Court appointments could lead to a partisan 'race to the bottom'

Dec 20, 2024, 12:10 AM

Netanyahu’s trial – To mediation

The coalition continues, even during the war, to bombard the public sphere with various bills, which, if enacted into law, would change the character of the country. In doing so, it is laying the foundation for a public outcry...

May 19, 2024, 4:30 PM

We need a broad national emergency government now

The Knesset building in Jerusalem, February 25, 2012 (iStock)

To shake off the current paralysis, all Zionist parties must agree to join hands under Netanyahu for 12 months followed by elections

Dec 8, 2023, 12:42 PM

Is the American Jewish success story ending?

Synagogue of Congregation Ohab Zedek built in the Moorish Revival in New York City. (demerzel21/iStock)

It’s not just a passing campus trend – data shows that the US may be turning into a dangerous place for Jews

Oct 20, 2023, 11:50 AM

The Genesis War

A convoy of military vehicles seen at an open field near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

This war requires a name rooted in Jewishness – and, after victory, one that calls us to correct course and start again from the beginning

Sep 14, 2023, 7:38 AM

Restoring the covenant of fate

In order to renew trust in the future of our democracy, Israel must regulate the distribution of powers among the branches of government

Mar 28, 2023, 2:36 PM

A miraculous display of civil heroism

Israelis protest outside the Knesset government’s planned judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem on March 27, 2023 (Erik Marmor/ Flash90)

The political center is taking to the streets to fight for values and interests that transcend identity group politics

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About Me

Yedidia Stern is the president of the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) and a professor of law (emeritus) at Bar-Ilan University.