Opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

A vote is a choice, and seldom are there perfect choices. Remember that as you cast your ballot. Remember that as you cast your ballot.

A generation is being taught that the idea of a Jewish state is inherently racist. The accusation has spread well beyond criticism of Israeli policy, to Zionism and Jews who identify with it.

In 1935, the International Astronomical Union formally adopted the name Zagut for a lunar crater honoring Abraham ben Shmuel Zacuto. Modern astronomy has, literally, written his name on the Moon.

The accusations against Netanyahu are a desperate weaponization of institutional self-preservation and political timing, designed to cover up systemic military failures and sabotage his reelection.

Britain’s leaders face accusations that political calculation has taken priority over protecting citizens from extremism and antisemitism.

Currently, the debate is focused heavily on where and how PKK weapons are to be surrendered and who verifies the operation.

Israel does not need to copy every provision of Spain’s housing policies. It is easy to tell a family that cannot afford to buy to keep renting, but harder to explain how they can plan their lives.

In a twisted way, the closer Kurds and Jews get, and the more visible that becomes, the more people start seeing Kurds as another kind of Jew: in how they frame the Kurdish political struggle.

There are two more weeks in the campaign, and I am not a prophet; nor do I suggest any one side is unblemished. I think it fair that the public be reminded that media storms can be proven wrong.