Berlin’s far-left victory is a warning not only to Berlin’s Jews but to Germany and the world
Berlin’s election is a warning: Germany’s political center is losing ground as antisemitism moves into the mainstream.
Berlin’s election is a warning: Germany’s political center is losing ground as antisemitism moves into the mainstream.
Years of institutional caution contributed to the hesitation and confusion that allowed terrorists to pour across the Gaza border on October 7. The failures that day were many.
Demanding full equality and opposing military occupation should not place anyone outside legitimate political life. Arab citizens have the same right as Jewish citizens to elect representatives.
I support the decision to disqualify Ra’am from the upcoming election. I also believe that disqualifying a political party and denying citizens the ability to vote for it is bad for democracy.
"I am no longer the person I was prior to that day. For me, October 7th has never receded into the past tense. It penetrated my core, my psyche, my very phenomenology."
There were no comparable gestures from the Irish soccer team for the Israelis massacred on October 7.
The soldiers and reservists bear the greatest burden. But their parents, spouses, and children carry a heavy weight of their own.
It is an interesting coincidence that the screening of 'NAZA' in Venice took place in the same year as the 40th anniversary of Mordechai Vanunu's revelation that Israel had a nuclear plant.
When Israelis enter the voting booth, they will have plenty to consider: security, the economy, religion and state, the judicial system, the conduct of the war, and the failures of October 7.
Might Netanyahu not have found room for another prop besides a bee that could begin rebranding Israel not only as a formidable war machine, but also as a country dedicated to peace?
The UN struggles to unite on global crises, yet repeatedly finds common ground when it comes to condemning Israel.