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Paul James Kearns

Sep 4, 2026, 3:44 PM

Netanyahu’s Tactical Victory, Strategic Defeat?

Election Choice

The opinion polls, which have remained relatively stable for months—at least on the choice between the pro-Bibi and the anti-Bibi Zionist bloc—have recently become wildly erratic, with sharp swings and idiosyncratic shifts in the past week or so. The anti-Bibi...

Ryan Aviv Fagan

Sep 3, 2026, 4:51 AM

Israel Can’t Afford Another Netanyahu Government

This fall, Israelis will make a choice far larger than Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud, or the familiar arithmetic of coalition politics. They will decide whether Israel begins repairing the damage of the past several years or allows that damage to...

Joseph P. Rhinewine

Aug 28, 2026, 6:35 AM

Everyone Has to Be on the Right Now. Of Course.

Naturally, Likudniks would look at this moment and conclude that everyone must now become right-wing—or else be counted as a traitor. Of course. A national catastrophe vindicates every belief they already held. Every argument with the Left has been settled permanently...

Aug 26, 2026, 10:14 PM

When the Right Leaves Likud

A few weeks before the Israeli elections on October 27, a question is starting to arise: what if the main electoral danger for Benjamin Netanyahu ultimately comes not from the left, but from the right itself? For several weeks, new...

Aug 26, 2026, 3:18 PM

Reclaiming the right: Why I left Likud and found my home in Yisrael Beytenu

MK Dan Illouz (L) stands with Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman after joining the party following his resignation from Likud, on August 5, 2026. (Yisrael Beytenu)

The current leadership protected cartels, stifled economic competition, allowed Haredi draft evasion, and did too little to truly win the war. That's no way to run a country

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....

Jul 20, 2026, 6:34 PM

Why is Jabotinski Israel’s Most Memorialized Figure?

Part 1 — Why This, Why Now. There are 57 streets, squares, and parks named after Ze'ev Jabotinsky in Israel — more than Theodor Herzl (52) and more than David Ben-Gurion (48), the state's own founder. Likud's headquarters sits inside...

Jul 18, 2026, 8:43 PM

The Tale of Two Countries: A Reflection on Israel’s Divide

Israel, a land of contrasts, tells the tale of two countries existing within one nation. In one realm, there are those who selflessly serve their country, while in the other, there are those who do not. The former, known...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Jul 18, 2026, 5:32 PM

The Election Netanyahu Cannot Lose

The Election Netanyahu Cannot Lose Israel may hold a lawful election on October 27, count every ballot correctly and certify the result — and still fail to transfer power. That is the danger now taking shape: not the cancellation of democracy,...

Jul 16, 2026, 3:27 PM

The Destruction of the Temple and Israel’s Government of Destruction

The opening words of this week’s haftarah are among the most shocking in the Bible: “Hear the word of the Lord, rulers of Sodom; give ear to the teaching of our God, people of Gomorrah.” Isaiah is not addressing Sodom and Gomorrah....

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