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Feb 23, 2026, 1:18 PM

Israel’s Quiet European Line

Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s remarks were domestic politics, not government strategy. The EU is Israel’s main trade partner and a decisive regulatory arena, yet parts of Europe still treat Israel as a detached normative file, while Israel sometimes confuses...

Feb 5, 2026, 10:53 AM

Protests are a hallmark of democracy. Intimidation isn’t

In the last few years, from the days of the judicial reform to the hostages’ crisis, Israel has seen more than its fair share of protests. As a leader in the Zionist Movement, the right to protest and protests...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jan 16, 2026, 12:43 PM

Wrecking the Country from the Inside

What’s more dangerous for a country’s future: external attack or internal revolution? As a political scientist, I am not aware of any scholar who actually performed a “head count” regarding this question, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the...

Richard Diamond

Dec 7, 2025, 6:25 PM

The Stench of Judicial Overhaul Propaganda

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The campaign to “restore the will of the people” isn’t about democracy. It’s about capturing the courts for one camp and keeping them there. The sales pitch for Israel’s judicial overhaul has always sounded almost innocent: We just want the courts...

Nov 29, 2025, 12:33 PM

The Unthinkable Is Unfolding in Israel’s Supreme Court — A Line Has Been Crossed

Respect for the judiciary is neither a courtesy nor ceremonial — it is constitutional! In recent weeks, Israel has witnessed scenes inside its Supreme Court that would once have been unimaginable. Ministers and legislators have acted with open contempt toward...

Richard Diamond

Nov 25, 2025, 5:56 AM

The Netanyahu Coalition – the Gift to Anti-Zionism

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Why young New York Jews are turning against Zionism—and why they’re not wrong about this government New York Jewish leaders are asking themselves why 35% of New York City Jews, primarily young people, voted to elect an outspoken anti-Zionist for...

Nov 20, 2025, 3:03 PM

Where is the October 7 inquiry?

Israeli anti-government protesters lift up placards during a demonstration against the prime minister and in support of establishing a state commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, in Tel Aviv on November 15, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

There was always going to be a reckoning after October 7, but what we are witnessing instead now, with the government continuing to refuse to establish a state commission of inquiry into the events of the day over two...

May 24, 2025, 3:39 PM

Israel at the Brink: A Systemic Crisis of Democracy

Israel is not facing merely a political dispute—it is undergoing a systematic breakdown of democratic restraint. This is not a crisis born of one decision or one party, but of a pattern: a deliberate dismantling of legal oversight, institutional...

Jan 27, 2025, 5:30 AM

Don’t be fooled, we’re losing the war for Israeli democracy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, MKs and ministers in the Knesset, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Last night, those who cherish Israel’s democracy celebrated what seemed like a victory: Yitzhak Amit was finally elected as President of the Supreme Court, following months of obstruction by Justice Minister Yariv Levin. The court’s intervention broke the deadlock,...

Dec 18, 2024, 3:42 PM

‘If you don’t uphold what I say, then I’ll change the rules’

Coalition lawmakers crowd around Justice Minister Yariv Levin to take a celebratory selfie in the Knesset plenum, as they pass the first of the coalition's judicial overhaul laws, the so-called "reasonableness law", on July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In avoiding the High Court ruling that he must convene the committee to appoint the court's president, Minister Yariv Levin is abusing his authority

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