However bitter the election campaign, the swearing-in ceremony reminds us that the public has entrusted 120 citizens with the serious business of representing it and governing the country.
Herzog is a decent man who wants to soothe the divisions in Israeli society. Precisely because of this, he should understand that buying Netanyahu’s unity narrative is not what Israel needs.
The world needs political courage, long-term vision, and difficult decisions. It needs leadership that does not surrender to the pressures of short-term politics, a former Israel Navy chief argues.
Yet something problematic happened along the way: solidarity with humanity at large began to overshadow solidarity with the Jewish people themselves.
Women make up approximately half of Israel’s population but remain far from equally represented in the country’s most influential decision-making bodies.
A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.
The next two years should be spent building a relationship capable of surviving the next 20, whoever occupies the White House next.
Learning Hebrew does not mean abandoning Palestinian identity. It means giving children another tool to understand the world around them.
Despite the scrutiny, Musk is trying to make a point: when it comes to AI sexual imagery of minors, instead of “don’t hate the player, hate the game,” it is always hate the player, and never the game
Hebron can honor the memory of its Jewish residents while upholding the right of its Palestinian residents today to live with dignity and move freely in their own city.
For centuries, Beta Israel observed Shabbat and the purity laws in the villages of Gondar and Tigray, under heavy pressure to convert, and they kept trying to go home.
