Yitzhak Klein

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Nov 3, 2024, 3:08 PM

Israel on the Way to a Magnificent Defeat

The consensus is that in mid-September, with the “beeper operation” and the massive aerial attack upon Hizbullah’s missile arsenal, Israel turned the war around. Despite Israel’s impressive achievements, this would be too hasty a conclusion. The war will be...

Sep 22, 2024, 6:01 PM

Israel’s Mistaken Strategy Regarding Hizbullah

“We taught the bastards how to cope.” – Cited by Col. Harry Summers, On Strategy, regarding America’s failure in Vietnam. Last week Israel landed two heavy tactical blows on Hizbullah. Thousands of key members of the organization were hurt or killed...

Sep 15, 2024, 4:16 PM

This essay is about the phenomenon you think it’s about. But it’s probably not about the people you think it’s about. This week I received an email from “Telem,” an online magazine published by the Berl Katzenelson Fund. Berl Katzenelson...

Apr 7, 2023, 5:30 PM

The Empire of Hayutistan (1)

News, Analysis and Commentary from the Oligarchy ruled by Esther Hayut The last few weeks have been edifying. There are two narratives regarding what has happened. One narrative is that an institutional reform that posed a danger to Israeli liberties...

Jan 5, 2023, 10:19 PM

Madison’s Principle and Yariv Levin’s Reforms

e may define a republic to be . . . a government which derives all powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited...

Dec 29, 2022, 7:09 PM

Moving their cheese: politicians vs. bureaucrats

In a democracy, the political leadership's role is to create change where needed, and that means elected officials must be in charge of the bureaucrats

Dec 16, 2022, 4:22 PM

The left needs to remember – Israel’s right was voted in

Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets a Religious Zionism coalition negotiation team headed by party leader Bezalel Smotrich, second from right, in Jerusalem on November 27, 2022. (Likud/courtesy)

The deep divides of Israeli society are here to stay, so unless we want an absurd seesaw each election, we need to accept each other with genuine pluralism

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About Me

Dr Yitzhak Klein is Head of the Department of Policy Research at Kohelet Policy Forum, Israel's leading conservative policy institute. He holds a PhD in International Relations.