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Oct 18, 2026, 12:03 AM

Israel’s Arab Minority and the Limits of Democracy

A robust, egalitarian democracy is judged not merely by whether free elections are held, but above all by how it treats the minority within its borders. Elections and majority rule are fundamental conditions of democracy, but they are not...

Oct 17, 2026, 4:58 PM

Where Israel’s Parties Stand on CIS Civil Separation

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This pivotal election will have profound impacts on Israel's security. How do parties align with Commanders for Israel's Security on its approach, particularly in the West Bank? Why Commanders for Israel's Security (CIS)? CIS is an organization representing more than 550...

Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM

What makes countries successful

Opposition Leader and Beyachad party member Yair Lapid speaks at the 'Law and Lies' conference, on October 12, 2026, in Israel. (Avshalom Sassoni/ FLASH90)

Until four years ago, Israel met every criterion of a successful country. That's no longer the case. But since the damage came from the top, the repair can come from the top, too. And it will

Hussein Al-Deek

Oct 6, 2026, 1:43 PM

How to defeat extremism and terrorism

Terrorism is no longer a security phenomenon confined to a specific geography, or linked to armed organizations operating within the borders of specific countries, but has turned into a cross-border and intercontinental phenomenon, in which the political, economic, social,...

Brendon Stewart Freedman

Oct 6, 2026, 9:39 AM

Should Family Physicians Encourage Patients to Vote?

Voting can empower and perhaps improve health.

What Does Voting Have to Do with Health? What does voting have to do with health? More than you might think. A study of 170 countries found that those with stronger democratic institutions tended to have healthier populations, particularly when those...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Oct 6, 2026, 3:22 AM

We Will Dance on Simchat Torah. But October 7 Will Dance With Us.

Three years after the Hamas massacre, the Jewish calendar asks something almost impossible of us: to carry unbearable memory into one of our most joyful days and still choose life. There are dates that mark history. And then there are...

Oct 5, 2026, 11:28 AM

The Man Who ‘Didn’t Know’ — and a Nation That Must Ask

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There are moments when reality cries out so deafeningly that the silence surrounding it becomes overwhelming. The Tishrei holiday season in Israel used to symbolize family serenity, renewal, and autumnal grace. Today, it stands seared as our national fault...

Sep 30, 2026, 7:36 AM

Israel Votes, Part II: After October 7, What Are Israelis Actually Voting For?

I asked Israelis in Israel and Israelis abroad — soldiers, immigrants, first-time voters and people who have been voting for decades. They did not give me one answer. That may be the answer. In Part I of this series, I...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 25, 2026, 5:38 AM

Tahrif Is Not Jewish But Midrash Is

The Qur’an declares that Allah could have made all of us monotheists, a single religious community, but didn’t in order to test our commitment to the religion that each of us have been given by God. “If Allah had...

Robbie Michaelson

Sep 24, 2026, 2:55 PM

Fighter. Leader. Unifier – Gadi Eisenkot

On Tuesday night more than 300 people packed an auditorium to hear Gadi Eisenkot make his case in person. He took more questions than his handlers had planned for, and answered them straight. PART ONE · האולם The room The banner at...

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