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Jun 1, 2026, 2:47 PM

District Elections: Giving North and South a True Voice

Possible electoral map for Israel

The many advantages of implementing single-member district elections to Israel’s Knesset for sixty of the seats are straightforward. True accountability to the voter (rather than to party powerbrokers) and a bona fide, empowered third branch of government are the...

Rebecca Sealfon

Apr 22, 2026, 6:34 PM

The Peace That Endured, and Our Modern Dilemmas

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For the past few months or perhaps years, depending on how you count, I've been bushwhacking my way off the beaten path of contemporary Jewish discourse. The familiar responses never sat right with me. Diaspora should not be a choice...

Richard Diamond

Nov 21, 2025, 8:27 PM

Where Are Israel’s Shepherds to Save Us from the Wolves?

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Israel needs leaders who guard the flock of Klal Yisrael, not wolves worried only about their next meal. From the very beginning of our story, the Bible insists on a strange qualification for leadership: shepherding. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all...

Nov 13, 2025, 10:03 PM

Israel at a Crossroads: A Call for Political Renewal

Israel stands at a critical crossroads—not because of unforeseen shocks, but as the cumulative result of prolonged political paralysis under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During his tenure, governance has shifted toward a constant state of crisis management, leaving many...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Oct 25, 2025, 11:12 AM

Israel’s Future on the Ballot

Israel is approaching a defining election. The next Knesset vote will not simply determine who sits in the Prime Minister’s Office — it will decide whether Israel remains a cohesive, democratic, and forward-looking society, or continues to fracture under the...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Aug 15, 2025, 7:33 AM

Expanding Israeli Democracy by Reviving “Demos Kratos”

Last week ( I analyzed the gradual “takeover” of the Legislative Branch of government by the Executive Branch in Israel and in the U.S., and the danger facing their respective democratic systems as a result. One of the ways...

Aug 1, 2025, 6:21 PM

‘Opposing Viewpoints, One Heart’

At a Rivon Harevii event. The Rivon aims to leverage the power of difference to make Israel a stronger, richer, better place.

The radio was blaring as I was driving home from work yesterday. Stories of war - of Witkoff’s visit to Gaza. International condemnation. Stalled hostage talks. Protests. Humanitarian crisis. PTSD. Soldiers serving endlessly, giving way beyond what they are...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Apr 28, 2025, 5:51 PM

Billionaires’ greed now is laying the groundwork for a global violent revolution

Democracy's quiet saved them for a century; they're now squandering it It sounds ridiculous. Why did a century ago the richest agree that the rabble and women would all get equal votes? This is my theory. The richest are always scared...

Mar 30, 2025, 6:45 PM

Would he? Could he? How Netanyahu might delay Israel’s next election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara casts their votes at a voting station in Jerusalem on September 17, 2019. (Heidi Levine/AFP)

Israeli democracy is on borrowed time. After years of incremental erosion, the democratic backslide is no longer theoretical. It is happening. And if we do not confront this moment with the seriousness it demands, we may soon find ourselves...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Nov 8, 2024, 9:05 AM

An Immodest Proposal: Democratic Recall

For a huge number of Israelis, PM Netanyahu’s firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in the middle of a war on several fronts, with another imminent massive Iranian attack in the offing, is the “last straw”. This, especially when...

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