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Solomon Naftaliyev

Nov 4, 2026, 2:56 PM

The Left Destroyed Democracy

When the legal establishment and institutions entrusted with safeguarding the democratic process and ensuring the integrity of elections become embroiled in political battles themselves, effectively taking the opposition’s side, a fundamental crisis of public trust emerges. When such institutions...

Nov 4, 2026, 10:33 AM

The Country Must Still Belong to the Loser

Israel’s next democratic test is not who forms the government. It is whether political defeat can remain political without becoming exile. There is a sentence Israelis have started saying too easily. “This is no longer my country.” Sometimes it comes from the...

Jonathan Muskat

Nov 4, 2026, 3:56 AM

Why Israelis Hesitate When the Diaspora Cheers

Last week's election made Israel's friends abroad proud and many Israelis afraid. Israel's Arab citizens voted in record numbers, and the two Arab-majority parties won 19 seats between them, more than ever before. As Jacob Magid pointed out in...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Nov 4, 2026, 2:04 AM

Rational Fear – Revisiting the Nash Equilibrium.

Revisiting the Nash Equilibrium: How to Cut the Circuit of Fear When trust disappears, fear becomes the currency of power. But what happens when everyone acts rationally to protect themselves, yet everyone becomes less secure? Game theory may offer an...

Nov 3, 2026, 7:51 PM

Ending US Aid Is Proof the Alliance Worked

On Tuesday morning, as Americans headed to the polls, President Donald Trump told Fox News that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed that the United States would stop providing Israel with roughly $4 billion a year. Israel,...

Nov 3, 2026, 6:32 PM

Just make a national unity government already!

As the accompanying new Ayin Tova Cartoon shows, our political leaders should stop acting like children. The heads of the major centrist Zionist parties must stop whining, put on their big-boy pants, and finally sit down to compromise. Together, they...

Nov 3, 2026, 10:15 AM

When Loyalty Becomes More Important Than the Country

What America's Reconstruction can teach us about Israel today I have to admit, I've only recently started reading about the American Civil War and its aftermath. I knew surprisingly little about this period of history, but I'm beginning to wonder...

Nov 2, 2026, 9:24 PM

Beyond Modi and Netanyahu: A Lasting Partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel, on July 4, 2017. Photo: Prime Minister's Office, Government of India (GODL-India).

The Indian interest in an Israeli election goes beyond Israel itself. It starts with the obvious political connection. India has built a close partnership with Israel during Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's tenures in office....

Joshua Z. Rokach

Nov 2, 2026, 12:19 AM

R. Yisachar Ber of Belz: 100-Year Lebacy

Tonight, 22 Marcheshvan 5787, marks the centennial anniversary of the death of the Third Rebbe of Belz, R. Yisachar Ber Rokach (also known as R. Yissachar Dov). His piety and approach to life in his turbulent times still have ...

Oct 31, 2026, 5:19 PM

Is Israel a Democracy? Ask its Arab Citizens

Israel's two million Arab citizens make up about 21 percent of the total population. The ultimate test of a democracy is not whether its minorities are permitted to vote. It is whether the majority accepts their elected representatives as legitimate...

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