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Daniella Shamir

Aug 19, 2026, 6:32 PM

Young Israelis Are Watching. Are Politicians Listening?

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At almost every Friday night dinner, family gathering, or political discussion, I hear the same concern from older Israelis: young people are disconnected from politics. They worry that my generation will not show up to vote in the next...

Aug 19, 2026, 6:23 PM

Likud’s 2026 Primaries

The Likud primaries of August 17 were not simply an internal party contest. They were a referendum on the direction of the Israeli right after four of the most consequential years in the history of the State of Israel....

Aug 19, 2026, 10:47 AM

Itamar Ben-Gvir: The More He Shocks, the More Entrenched He Becomes

Few Israeli politicians provoke as immediate a reaction as Itamar Ben-Gvir. For much of the Israeli left and international opinion, he embodies the far right at its most alarming and repellent: Kahanism, radical nationalism, a taste for provocation and...

Aug 18, 2026, 11:15 AM

Bezalel Smotrich: The Methodical Radical

Few figures in contemporary Israeli politics provoke as immediate a reaction abroad as Bezalel Smotrich. Israel’s finance minister, a minister within the Defense Ministry, and leader of HaTzionut HaDatit — the Religious Zionist Party — he is routinely portrayed...

Aug 17, 2026, 2:56 PM

To beat Bibi, stop making it about Bibi

Much of Israel has been trying to get rid of Benjamin Netanyahu for years. It may finally have discovered that “getting rid of Bibi” was the wrong campaign. Not necessarily because Israelis no longer want him gone. Recent polling suggests...

Aug 17, 2026, 12:47 PM

The Gaza Roadmap and Netanyahu’s Dilemma

Two Kinds of Pressure, One objective The same week produced two very different responses to Netanyahu’s rejection of the Board of Peace’s Gaza roadmap. One was loud, public and diplomatic. The other was quiet, personal and conducted largely out of...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Aug 17, 2026, 11:48 AM

The Portrait of Dorian Gray

There is a point at which a community can become so accomplished at explaining the hostility directed against it that it gradually loses the ability to distinguish hostility from criticism, criticism from consequence, and consequence from evidence. The danger...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Aug 17, 2026, 11:47 AM

The Democratic Party’s Jewish Reckoning Has Arrived

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory has forced Jewish Democrats to confront a question their party can no longer evade: How much are Jewish voters expected to tolerate in the name of defeating Donald Trump? There comes a point when political loyalty...

Aug 16, 2026, 11:54 AM

INTO THE FRAY: The Arab vote in Israel—Legality, Morality, and Security

The Israeli High Court has a long record of flouting the law when it comes to Arab parties’ participation in Knesset elections. As the October elections draw closer, the public debate focuses increasingly on the role of the Arab parties...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Aug 16, 2026, 10:51 AM

The General’s Dangerous Question

Perhaps the General Has Begun Asking the Right Question Gadi Eisenkot has spent most of his adult life inside Israel’s security apparatus. He commanded the army, assessed threats, and worked within a system capable of translating almost every political problem...

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