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Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Mar 24, 2023, 7:30 AM

The Judicial Reform’s Hidden A-Bomb

There’s a likely, future, revolutionary scenario that few are talking about. First, some background. If there is one element of the Israeli Government’s “Judicial Reform” / “Constitutional Revolution” that many on the Right and on the Center-Left have serious doubts...

Mar 23, 2023, 6:36 PM

Let’s talk about ‘foreign meddling’ in Israeli politics

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Yes, Israeli left-wing causes get money from abroad. You know who else gets money from abroad – and lots of it?

Mar 23, 2023, 4:29 AM

A Start-Up Constitution for the Start-Up Nation

Like so many of us, I have been closely watching the judicial reform tensions grow over the past weeks. Most people see that the root of the issue is that Israel has no constitution. When the new Knesset proposed...

Mar 22, 2023, 8:08 PM

The BB Government and the relationship with the US

The impression that arises from the actions of Israel's new government is that despite the strong protest sweeping the country, the legislative train of the regime revolution has gone out of control and is speeding with us all inside...

Mar 22, 2023, 6:41 PM

Bibi Will Blink

A prediction based on Netanyahu’s new autobiography “My Story” What he writes about, and doesn’t, provides clues to how the judicial reform crisis might end The Israeli government’s tsunami of proposed judicial reforms is both surging forward and subject to shifting...

Mar 22, 2023, 4:27 PM

Unpacking the Israeli judicial reform

Fair disclosure In a recent article, I expressed appreciation for Benjamin Netanyahu’s past achievements as Prime Minister of the State of Israel – even if not support for his present policies. I also stated: “As for the ‘Religious Zionism’ extremists, I...

Mar 22, 2023, 4:14 PM

What’s Missing? In the Parasha and at the Protests (11)

'The Occupation Corrupts', 18 March Jerusalem Demonstration. Photo: Diana Lipton

This is my eleventh consecutive post connecting the parasha to Israel’s pro-democracy protests. For the past few weeks we’ve been reading about the Mishkan, the Tabernacle. First came the extremely detailed instructions for building it, followed by an extremely detailed...

Pamela Laufer-Ukeles

Mar 22, 2023, 2:58 PM

The 4 mothers and their view from Israel

Soldiers from the mixed-gender Lions of the Jordan Valley Battalion take part in an exercise in the Tzeelim army base on February 5, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel/File)

As the worried mother of an IDF combat soldier, I now see the haggadah's sons in the fight over Israel's future

Mar 22, 2023, 2:31 PM

There’s no ‘compromise’ in the coalition’s play for unlimited power

Illustrative. Supreme Court justices arrive for a court hearing, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on February 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Slowing the overhaul is a sham. It’s still a hostile takeover of the Supreme Court and its ability to restrain the coalition

Mar 21, 2023, 11:04 PM

Engaging vs. Enraging

Should I join the protests? When Shabbat ends things get hectic again. Nevertheless, for people who observe Shabbat, a clear distinction between the holy and the mundane can be felt, as if something special and unique ends. When my friends and...

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