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Mihran Kalaydjian

Dec 1, 2025, 4:42 AM

Netanyahu Tried to Erase His Own Trial — and Nearly Torched Israel’s Democracy

Israel has endured wars, terror, assassinations, and political turmoil — but nothing as destabilizing as what happened this week. In a move that detonated shockwaves through the nation’s legal and political foundations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially asked President...

Nov 14, 2025, 6:16 PM

What should we do about Bibi?

One of the most common discussions I have with friends and acquaintances in Israel and in the US starts with the question “Will Bibi win the next election?” Sometimes, the conversations start with the claim that “Bibi will be...

Nov 7, 2025, 12:18 AM

From NYC — The New American Test: Can We Defend Democracy Before It’s Too Late?

Democratic mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo Zohran Mamdani Brad Lander and Scott Stringer seen speaking during a Democratic mayoral primary debate June 4 2025 in New York. AP Photo Yuki Iwamura By Dr. Shmuel Legesse In recent years, a quiet revolution has...

Aug 18, 2025, 5:37 PM

Unified Israelis?

I recently received this question from a reader in Arizona, who happens to be a fervent Christian Zionist. “We are hardly getting much news about Israel and what I have seen seems rather fragmented and confusing. It seems that...

May 16, 2025, 7:30 AM

Avigdor Liberman for prime minister?

Avigdor Liberman speaks in front of the Knesset on May 14, 2025. (Itzhak Harari / Wikimedia Commons)

Recently, Avigdor Liberman announced that he is running for prime minister in the next elections. His party, Yisrael Beytenu, literally “Israel, Our Home” is climbing in the polls. A survey from Maariv showed that it is now the largest opposition...

Apr 24, 2025, 1:28 PM

Aesthetic Containment of Bezalel Smotrich

I’m lying on the reformer, mid-Pilates session, in a new workout set already soaked through. My thighs are shaking, breath shallow, but I’m still talking—urgent, fast. “This is the year of the short kings,” I say, pushing through another...

Micah Ben David Naziri

Oct 29, 2023, 8:02 AM

Nelson Mandela’s Nuanced Support For BOTH Israel and Palestine

In general, one can say that among Israeli and Palestinian supporters – even among nationalists for the two nations – there is significantly more love for Nelson Mandela within the the latter than the former. There is no question that Nelson...

Sep 27, 2022, 1:42 AM

Springtime for Ben Gvir

Screengrab from Channel 12

What's the real point of a subversive political TV sketch that depends on its audience catching the reference to an old satirical song to get the joke?

Sep 5, 2022, 2:25 PM

Don’t expect too much from a national unity government

The leaders of the new National Unity party at the party launch on August 14, 2022, in Kfar Maccabiah, from left to right: Gadi Eisenkot, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar. (Elad Malka)

The goal of a democracy is to represent the people, truly - not to combine large blocs of the electorate to exclude the so-called margins of society

Aug 18, 2022, 8:03 AM

A Promising Podcast

So sometime every Thursday, usually late afternoon, I pick up my phone, go to the podcast app, and search for what is without a doubt my favorite podcast. And yes, every Thursday steady as sunrise, I see this week’s...

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