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Jun 3, 2026, 11:00 AM

… and how Naftali Bennett made me politically homeless

... and probably hundreds of thousands of other voters too.... Having written yesterday about one of the multiple problems that deters me from voting for the parties of Israel's current governing coalition, I write today to complain how Naftali Bennett...

Jun 3, 2026, 4:04 AM

The Incentive Problem: An Economic Lever in the Haredi Draft Crisis

Israel's post-October 7 manpower shortage cannot be solved by waiting for Haredi enlistment to rise organically. The current system actively subsidizes non-service while asking a shrinking group of reservists to shoulder an ever-growing burden. Bennett's proposal seeks to reverse...

May 31, 2026, 9:35 AM

The Next Knesset Must Be Earned, Not Inherited

Israel is approaching another election cycle at a moment of profound national exhaustion. After years of political paralysis, repeated elections, judicial battles, war, reserve duty, economic pressure, and a growing collapse of public trust, many Israelis across the political spectrum...

Yisrael Klitsner

May 30, 2026, 1:38 PM

Can Mansour Abbas save Israeli democracy?

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As Israel heads for its first election since October 7, the Ra'am party leader demonstrates an alternative to grievance and division

May 27, 2026, 4:04 PM

Elections are Coming. They Must Be Free and Fair.

The first preliminary bill to dissolve the Knesset ahead of looming elections passed yesterday. The announcement, while both expected and anxiously awaited, comes at an extremely difficult moment in Israeli history. The outcome will undoubtedly shape how millions of...

Saadia Mascarini

May 21, 2026, 10:45 PM

Enough Is Enough: The Slander Against Reform Jews Must End

For months, we have been witnessing, from members of the coalition, a campaign of insults, delegitimization, and incitement against Reform Jews. These are no longer isolated unfortunate remarks. This has become a political line. First came the words of Galit...

Ariel Rodal-Spieler

May 20, 2026, 3:37 PM

The Only Woman Leading an Israeli Political Party

As Israelis prepare to celebrate Shavuot — the holiday marking the formation of a people bound by shared responsibility and destiny, and during which we read the story of two women who helped shape the Jewish future — it’s...

May 19, 2026, 7:38 PM

Beyond Haredim: The Secular Draft Issue No One is Talking About

As Israel approaches another election cycle, the national debate over military service is once again becoming a central political issue. For years, however, the conversation has been framed almost entirely around one subject: Haredi exemptions. Yet the data shows...

May 18, 2026, 2:51 PM

A terrible question: Will Israelis trust the vote?

People cast their ballot at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset Elections, on March 2, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

The next elections will be a test of survival for Israeli democracy itself, a test of whether there is still a state here, or merely rule by factions and loyalists

May 18, 2026, 8:53 AM

Unconditional Support:The True Meaning of Advocacy

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

The global landscape of Israel advocacy has shifted in a troubling direction. Increasingly, we witness a phenomenon where support from abroad comes with a terms-and-conditions agreement. Far too many Zionists and advocates outside of Israel have begun making their...

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