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Michael Shandler

Apr 23, 2026, 3:51 PM

Fanatics do not wrestle – an American witness

I keep returning to a line from Amos Oz. Fanatics do not wrestle. Only those who can hold complexity wrestle. The sentence has been echoing in my mind as the war with Iran expands and new layers of the story surface. My reaction...

Apr 5, 2026, 6:19 PM

When Enemies Sit in Parliament: Israel’s Democratic Dilemma

One of the hypocrisies in Israeli political discourse is that many Israelis look outward and criticize other countries for allowing adversaries to sit in their parliaments yet fail to recognize when similar dynamics exist within their own political system. Israel...

Sep 14, 2022, 10:03 AM

Ben Gvir is treif, but Abbas is OK? Why?

MK Ben Gvir (Knesset Portrait)

There is a good chance that both MK Bezalel Smotrich and MK Itamar Ben Gvir will be part of the next Netanyahu government (if MK Benjamin Netanyahu forms the next government). Anyone who follows the news here knows that...

Jul 12, 2021, 12:05 PM

End the experiment

Israel's new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) talks with Mansour Abbas, head of the Islamic Raam party during a special session to vote on the new government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP)

Naftali Bennett's 'disruptive' government, which depends on anti-Zionist parties, undermines Israeli democracy and threatens the Jewish State

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