Israel can view the British move as a warning: a signal of what may happen in its relations with other countries if it continues to treat the West Bank as though it is free to do whatever it wants.
The public is being told that Netanyahu is leading. How does this happen? Quite simply, the political blocs are being counted in a way that serves him.
Our military protects our ability to survive in the short term. Our ecosystem must help protect our ability to endure for the long term.
With winners like Navi Pillay, world peace and justice are the losers.
How long this transition will last is anyone’s guess, but for an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early.
Power is the capacity to strike, and Israel has it in abundance. Security is a society’s capacity to absorb a blow, hold together, and sustain itself. Power did not save Be’eri or Nir Oz.
Reading the report, I found myself asking a question that initially seemed inappropriate: What, practically speaking, is all this documentation meant to accomplish?
Hopefully, October 27 will produce a clear winner. If it does not, Israel’s political leaders will have to decide whether their refusal to sit together matters more than the country.
The problem with Obama's Israel-Palestinian conflict comments in Ireland is not merely that he said it; it is that countless people will believe it precisely because Obama said it.
Israel needs to work with Democrats and invest in Jewish education as American Jews weigh difficult political choices.
For the politicians vying for our vote to lead the country, the task ahead should not simply be to form the next government but to begin putting the country back together.
