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May 20, 2025, 5:34 PM

Jerusalem: City of Peace or of Provocation Protest? The Flag March is Coming

Pennant from 1970 celebrating Israel's 22nd Independence Day. From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Jerusalem was united on June 7, 1967 during the Six Day War. From 1948 until that day, Jerusalem was a divided city with the Old City and other eastern portions under Jordanian control. During this time, half of the Old...

Mar 30, 2025, 4:31 PM

From Socialist Hegemony to Right-Wing Populism: Israel’s Political Metamorphosis

This article is intended for readers less familiar with Israel’s political history who seek to understand its transformation from socialist dominance to right-wing populism. Rather than providing a comprehensive historical review, it offers an overview of key political shifts...

Nov 4, 2024, 11:47 PM

What to expect when you’re expecting… missiles

Dreaming of Peace, preparing for war – MORE war, that is. When will it end? November 4, 2024: Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on this day, 29 years ago. Some of those who incited and encouraged his assassination sit as ministers...

Aug 25, 2024, 5:04 AM

Israel at the Crossroads

The author's grandfather, Rabbi Harry Davidowitz, with paper in hand, speaking alongside David Ben Gurion and Golda Meir in the background.

Since childhood I’ve always felt privileged because I was a Jew who was born and raised in Israel. The privilege was not one of rewards or honor – it was born of the biblical obligation to be unique; to...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Aug 16, 2024, 6:26 AM

When Leaders Leave (or Don’t)

Last Friday (August 9) was the 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation from the U.S. presidency. Given the numerous calls for PM Netanyahu to resign after Israel’s Oct. 7 debacle, President Biden’s announcement of leaving the presidential race for...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 21, 2024, 7:52 AM

U.S. Secret Service Circles The Wagons

One week ago, the U.S. was ravaged by an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Unfortunately, Israel knows too well the devastation that can be wrought by such attacks given the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 23, 2024, 2:49 PM

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me

Bibi won't make the same errors with Chezbollah as we made with Chamas Netanyahu's lead motive for being PM now is to reverse our collective faults that enabled (but didn't cause—don't blame the victim) October 7. Chamas has no democracy...

Feb 23, 2024, 6:15 PM

Kisch, Ben Gurion, and 1930’s population transfer

The subject of the potential transfer of the population of Gaza to another Arab territory has been in the news several times since the 7th October. This suggestion that Arabs be removed from the Holy Land has a long...

Feb 9, 2024, 7:22 AM

The Rabin Delusion

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat (right) shake hands at the White House in front of President Bill Clinton in September 1993. The new play OSLO is a dramatization of events that led to a historic agreement

If there was one person who truly personified the spirit and story of Israel, it was Yitzhak Rabin. He fought for Israel’s independence in 1948 and the army he prepared for war achieved a stunning victory in 1967. Less...

Jan 23, 2024, 4:23 AM

Bibi’s “Genocidal” Backstory

The fatal red thread connecting a long string of older and current legal, ethical, historical, and political controversies and warnings about Israel committing “genocide” appears to be none other than Israel’s longest-serving, revolving-door Prime Minister, Benjamin or "Bibi" Netanyahu. Key...

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