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Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Oct 17, 2026, 11:22 AM

Most Consequential Elections in Israeli History

Gadi Eizenkot , former Israeli minister without portfolio and the 21st Chief of General Staff of the Israeli army, speaks during the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University in Herzliya on June 24, 2024. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP via Getty Images)

I was invited to talk on this topic and explained why the 2026 elections are, indeed, the most consequential elections in Israeli history. The Future of Israeli Democracy The elections may be viewed as a referendum on the balance...

Vladimir Beliak

Oct 14, 2026, 8:09 PM

Olim want the Israel they were promised

The author at work in the Knesset.

In the Israeli discourse, the word “Aliyah” (immigration) always comes alongside the word “Klita” (absorption). The Sal Klita - the benefits new immigrants get. The Ministry of Aliyah and you guessed it, Klita - absorption. This reflects a common Israeli...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 10, 2026, 1:38 AM

Zionism = Racism: The West’s Useful Idiots

Slogans of destruction do not generate their own light; they survive entirely on the patronage of tyrannical regimes. The United Nations General Assembly proved this axiom on November 10, 1975, when 72 states—mobilized by Soviet Cold War machinations and...

Jonathan Shavit

Oct 9, 2026, 6:21 PM

Children of Abraham: A review

Published this year, its author Marc David Baer attempts to apply much-needed nuance to a topic, Jewish-Muslim relations, that usually veers into myths of interfaith utopia or perennial antagonism. Spanning the period from Islamic rule to the present, Baer...

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 28, 2026, 3:56 AM

Hard-Code G-d Into AI

Artificial intelligence cannot answer only to human commands. It must be built to serve the goodness of G-d and protect the people and world He created. A friend told me about a colleague who accepted lucrative night work after his...

Sep 26, 2026, 8:33 PM

A Time for Identifying with my Biblical Namesake

"Location of the remains of the Tabernacle at Shiloh" - Photo by Deror Avi, via Wikimedia Commons

My Hebrew name, Chana (Hannah) was announced when my dad received an aliyah to the Torah on the Shabbat following my birth. In high school, reading about my biblical namesake in the Book of Samuel I, a powerfully dramatic...

Sep 17, 2026, 11:01 AM

Collateral Benefit

The real test raised by NAZA - the Hebrew military acronym for collateral damage - is not whether its filmmakers are right. It is whether a state confident in its force is equally confident in evidence, law and institutions...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 15, 2026, 10:27 AM

Tough Love for Elected Leaders – USPI Index.

Tough Love for World Leaders Your job is to serve us, not lord over us Dear presidents, prime ministers, kings, generals, ministers, central bankers, consultants, judges and mandarins: Who made you Pharaoh? Who gave you the right to decide which neighbourhood gets bombed,...

Richard H. Schwartz

Sep 14, 2026, 12:18 PM

Israel at a Dangerous Crossroads — and Its Best Possible Future

Israel is confronting a deeply troubling reality. Hatred of Israel has intensified in much of the world. Antisemitism has become frighteningly widespread. More Israelis are leaving the country, creating a troubling negative migration balance. And the once-promising prospect of...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 13, 2026, 4:57 AM

On Healing and Cure.

The Cure 1. Al-Fātiḥah: Ruqyah, Not Metaphor The clearest place to begin is not with a herb but with revelation. In Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, a group of the Prophet’s Companions encountered a tribal chief who had been bitten by a snake or stung...

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