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Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Oct 27, 2026, 1:18 AM

In Netanyahu’s Israel, Everyone Else Is the Left

Less than 24 hours before the polls opened, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a last-minute panic video aimed at residents of Judea and Samaria: “We are in danger, because the left is flying in its thousands from thousands of...

Oct 25, 2026, 11:43 PM

Dan Illouz Interview: ‘About a million Israelis carry Morocco in their names’

Former Israeli Knesset member Dan Illouz, of Moroccan Jewish descent, pictured against a background featuring the flags of Morocco and Israel. (AI-edited image based on an original photograph by Sharon Hasson/Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.)

When Dan Illouz stood before an international gathering of parliamentarians in Marrakech in June 2023, his presence carried a significance that extended beyond the diplomatic rapprochement between Israel and Morocco. The Israeli lawmaker, born in Montreal to Moroccan Jewish...

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...

Oct 13, 2026, 10:47 AM

Nearly half of Israel’s parties have no platform

Likud has not published a platform for the October 27 election. There's no platform on the current party website, on the older Likud movement site, or on Benjamin Netanyahu's political site. The last full Likud platform I could find...

Suraj Rajan Kadanthodu

Oct 4, 2026, 12:37 PM

‘Shiluv’: The forgotten story of Indian Jews in Israeli politics

As Israel is getting ready for an upcoming election cycle in October 2026 with complex coalition dynamics at play and communities being divided more than ever, I would like to share the story of a group of Indian Jews...

Hande Gençünal

Sep 15, 2026, 6:27 AM

One Ship Gets Protected, One Cow Doesn’t

Israel doesn't guard all its strategic assets with the same care. Nothing shows this more clearly than the different treatment two sales received, one a shipping company, the other a dairy cooperative. Two Founding Companies ZIM and Tnuva were both born...

Steven Teplitsky

Sep 9, 2026, 8:35 PM

The Post-Election Shuq: How the Calculus of Minority Leverage Governs Israel

If the mechanics of Israel’s voting booth are engineered for broad inclusion, the day after an election is when the real cost of that design comes due. Once the ballots are counted and the 120 seats of the Knesset...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 24, 2026, 5:30 AM

Bennett and Liberman Must End the Palestinian Mess

Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman correctly reject diplomatic fantasy, but turning that rejection into hard-nosed architecture requires shattering the West’s favorite delusions. For decades, the archaic Israeli foreign policy establishment chased the mirage of a centralized Palestinian state, creating...

Aug 23, 2026, 6:50 AM

Treasure Trove: The Knesset Building Turns 60 and Hopes For Its Next Occupants

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Israel’s Knesset building, shown here on the back of Israel’s 50 lira banknote from 1968, celebrates the 60th anniversary of its official opening on August 30, 2026. When Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948 the Moetzet HaMedina HaZmanit (the...

Aug 12, 2026, 9:36 PM

The Small Victories Saving Israel’s Nature Today, a response to Alon Tal

In a recent Times of Israel essay, one of Israel's pioneering environmental leaders, Alon Tal, offered a sobering assessment of the environmental record of Israel's current government. His conclusion was stark: after four years, he struggled to identify a...

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