JPost.com - David Newman Reporter

National service for all

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:23:11 GMT

The "army of the people" has long since ceased to exist, with little over 60% of the eligible population undertaking national service.

Borderline Views: Int'l football comes to Israel

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:17:56 GMT

In two days the UEFA Under 21 championship - the first major international soccer competition to take place in Israel - will commence.

An aliya reunion: 30 years and going strong

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:34:19 GMT

Borderline views: All of us would recommend, without any hesitation, to those acquaintances, friends and relatives in the UK to repeat our experience and to come live in Israel.

Borderline Views: Fighting on two fronts

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:38:07 GMT

Targeting scientists and academics, they are effectively targeting one of few spaces where Israeli-Palestinian collaboration and cooperation takes place.

Borderline Views: Investing in the humanities

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:12:25 GMT

One only has to look at the lack of focus on the humanities and social sciences at the many board of governors’ meetings of Israeli universities, which start this week, to see how critical this problem is.

Borderline Views: Remembering the Soviet refuseniks

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:30:36 GMT

The refusenik movement sprang to life following the Six Day War.

Independence Day for the secular and religious

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:58:30 GMT

The precise nature of how it is to be observed will, like so many other Jewish rituals and customs, remain disputed for many years to come.

Borderline Views: The Obama and Kerry map

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:15:01 GMT

What is required is an innovative way of thinking about borders and their relationship to independence and citizenship.

Borderline Views: The UCU, Zionism and anti-Semitism

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:18:19 GMT

It would be advisable for this latest round of blood letting to cease and for both sides to re-examine the ways in which they do business.

Cutting higher education to the bone

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:47:45 GMT

Borderline views: Last week, all of Israel’s universities had a two-hour cessation of studies in protest against the planned cuts.

The Zionist Federation policy of exclusion

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:37:49 GMT

Borderline Views: The Zionist federation is not an organization which takes cue from any single Zionist movement or from any government.

Borderline Views: Why we need electoral reform

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:49:15 GMT

Israel should do justice to its open democratic system with real structural and constitutional reform.

Borderline views: The Ariel own goal

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:30:42 GMT

At its annual meeting in Jerusalem, The Jewish Agency discusses the growing problem of anti-Israel delegitimization throughout the world.

Borderline Views: A new water policy for Israel

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:34:42 GMT

We should be thankful for the daily rise of the water levels in the Kinneret and, at the same time, should demand a new and comprehensive water policy for the country.

Borderline Views: The coalition minefield

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:59:07 GMT

For those of us who remain disappointed by the election result, it is about time we got our act together and formed a real opposition.

Borderline Views: Bayit Yehudi – failure in success

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:23:04 GMT

The world of religious Zionism has come a long way since the early days of Sebastia, but it is by no means clear that their success at today’s polls will have a positive impact on Israel during the next four years.

Borderline Views: Exercising the right to vote

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:55:24 GMT

It is crucial that as many as possible of Israel’s citizens have their say in determining the future of the country.

Borderline Views: The arbitrariness of borders

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:58:49 GMT

The arbitrary decision by the CEA to automatically adhere to an administrative boundary which was clearly out of synch with the realities of the recent war is part of the same pattern of thinking which does not allow for reasoning or adaptation.

Borderline Views: Saving Israel’s democratic values

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:54:43 GMT

2013 will be a major test for Israel’s democracy. The world is waiting to see whether Israel will retain its membership among those nations for whom the values, not just the mechanics, of democracy remain a foundation stone of a vibrant and dynamic society.

Borderline Views: A rabbinic aristocracy

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:27:26 GMT

None of the East European rabbis really ever trusted the partially assimilated UK Jewish communities.

Negotiating the inevitable with the irreversible

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:52:37 GMT

We need something new and fresh, a means to negotiate between the seeming incompatibility of the Palestinian inevitability and the Israeli irreversibility.

The UCU, anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:50:43 GMT

Borderline Views: Only when it is clear that such latent forms of racism have been rooted out will criticism of this or that policy of an Israeli government be taken seriously.

Borderline Views: Beersheba’s silent campus

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:59:03 GMT

The silence at BGU is only interspersed with the intermittent sound of sirens as a fresh wave of missiles is fired toward Beersheba.

Borderline Views: The ‘Yid’ army

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:19:11 GMT

Anti-Semitism is a real and renaissant problem in parts of Europe. It has to be combated in every possible way, both by community representatives and by the police authorities.

Borderline Views: Mother Rachel and Father Rabin

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:38:41 GMT

The Rabin remembrance has become no less a religious ritual than are the prayers which are recited at Rachel’s tomb.

Borderline Views: Congratulations to the EU

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:23:04 GMT

I will be the first to nominate, and congratulate, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for a Nobel Peace Prize, if and when he makes the bold moves necessary to bring real peace to this troubled region.

Damaging Israel’s scientific reputation

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:01:25 GMT

Borderline Views: Much harm is being done to the name of Israel’s scientific community. The CHE must return to being a professional body, free from political ideologies and pressures.

Childhood memories of Simhat Torah in North London

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:05:50 GMT

Fifty years later, Stamford Hill is home to a growing haredi population, but the rest of the Jewish community has long since left.

Borderline Views: A time for war, a time for peace

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:06:17 GMT

As we begin a new year, we must prepare for the possibility of battle in our near future.

Borderline Views: The big Succot debate

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:18:04 GMT

We should insist that our political parties take on a life between elections, and not just in the six months leading up to the polling booth.

Borderline Views: The majesty of the cantor

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:31:53 GMT

There is much to be gained – both spiritually and musically – from going to listen to the contemporary maestros as they perform in the world’s great synagogues during the coming weeks.

Evacuating Migron: An exercise in futility

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 22:21:19 GMT

Borderline Views: The settler movement has succeeded in thwarting the implementation of a clean-cut two-state solution.

Security versus freedom of the press

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:22:33 GMT

Borderline Views: It is all too easy to stamp the words “classified” or “secret” on documents which are uncomfortable for decision makers, but which do not have life-threatening implications.

Borderline Views: Gov't intervention in education

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:19:22 GMT

The firing of the head of the civics curriculum was opposed by hundreds of leading educators and academics throughout Israel.

Borderline Views: The original globalization

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:46:55 GMT

The 12th cycle of the Siyum HaShas, has come to an end, and hundreds of thousands of Jews are celebrating.

Borderline Views: Driving school - The social equalizer

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:11:45 GMT

It is the only place where everybody comes together without any international or inter-religious strife or argument.

Borderline Views: To occupy or not to occupy

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:13:09 GMT

Why is it so difficult to understand that the growing Palestinians people, regardless of whether they stretch back 2,000 or 200 years, are here to stay?

From landscapes of conflict to open borders

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:08:40 GMT

Borderline Views: We should be creating our own borderscapes, destroying walls and fences instead of constructing them,

Borderline Views: Studying Yiddish in the desert

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:17:09 GMT

Enrollment in basic Yiddish language courses, doctoral and postdoctoral students carrying out research into Yiddish is rising.

Borderline Views: The future of the Negev

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:57:15 GMT

Karmit is one of a series of communities which are being planned for the Negev over the next decade.

Stamping out racism at Euro 2012

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:17:53 GMT

Borderline views: Feast of summer football is at center of our agenda for the next three weeks.

The politics of land ownership in the Negev

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:01:39 GMT

The conflict over land ownership and property rights in the Negev has intensified in recent years, as the Beduin population has undergone rapid growth.

Borderline Views: The Internet and the haredi community

Mon, 28 May 2012 21:31:18 GMT

Pragmatists are winning between opponents, proponents of Internet technology usage in ultra-Orthodox communities.

Borderline Views: Hebrew and the language of science

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:34:38 GMT

The extent to which Hebrew is used at universities as a language of research and teaching has become a contentious issue of late.

Borderline Views: Time to promote the humanities

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:36:33 GMT

We invite your interest so that you, too, can contribute to the future of the Israeli soul.

Borderline Views: Uneasy neighbors

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:42:24 GMT

To coincide with Europe Day on May 9, university organizes annual EuroFest week, invite students to events on European experience.

Happy 64th birthday

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:26:20 GMT

Even after two and three generations of living in England, Israel always beckoned on the horizon.

Excluding those who think differently

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:02:57 GMT

Preventing critical voices from entering the country only draws added attention and headlines to their views.

Borderline Views: World fails to protect Syria

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:46:23 GMT

Governments around the world do not even pretend that they are unaware of what is going on in the streets of Syria.

Borderline Views: Soccer at Eretz Yisrael Museum

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:37:16 GMT

The soccer exhibition is well worth a visit, even for those who have no particular love for the game itself.

Borderline Views: Strengthening the humanities

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:58:57 GMT

The status of the Humanities is not a foregone conclusion.

Borderline Views: Israel Prize for Druckman

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:41:34 GMT

There is no one more worthy of receiving the prestigious Israel Prize for lifetime achievement than Rabbi Druckman.

Administering the country’s universities

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:48:09 GMT

Recognizing the Ariel College as a university has been strongly opposed during the past decade, partly because of its academic standards.

Yahad and the British Jewish community

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:40:25 GMT

Borderline Views: London's Jewish Book Week has become one of the most important cultural events in the calendar of the British Jewish community.

Borderline Views: The politics of planting

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:04:23 GMT

Tu Bishvat, which is also the birthday of the Knesset, should be transformed into a national day of ecological awareness.

Rethinking Israel’s border policy

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:47:54 GMT

Rapid construction of the Israel-Egypt border fence motivated by defense, economic considerations.

Students and social activism

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:19:04 GMT

Universities take pride when their students volunteer to help underprivileged children in the local community, but they aren’t so happy when they take on political issues.

Selecting a new British chief rabbi

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:27:38 GMT

Lord Jonathan Sacks has served the position with distinction and it will be asking almost the impossible for someone to step into his shoes.

Israel and the European Left

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:39:36 GMT

The use of Nazi metaphors is a form of verbal terrorism that must not be allowed to take root in the debate concerning Israel and anti-Semitism

An academic lynching

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:43:41 GMT

Whoever leaked the Committee for Higher Education report to the press clearly had a political agenda.

From East Berlin to east Jerusalem

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:53:00 GMT

How long will it take for our generation and that of our children to forget the Wall and the barrier?

Speaking out against the threat

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:44:10 GMT

The Knesset’s ongoing attack on democracy is real and terrifying. The time is now to stand up and protest.

Missiles make borders insignificant

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:37:28 GMT

In non-conventional warfare of this nature, no longer do we possess the total military superiority which can defend our civilian population.

Borderline Views: Rethinking the peripheral regions

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:00:08 GMT

Middle-class professionals commute from their homes in Tel Aviv to jobs elsewhere without contributing to the cultural landscape in outlying regions.

Gilad Schalit and the peace process

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:34:50 GMT

Informal contacts led to Schalit deal. Our politicians should use same methods to forge political deal with the Palestinians.

Israel must stamp out Jewish extremism

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:55:43 GMT

The time has come to admit an unhappy truth: Whereas we once thought Jewish terrorists were "errant weeds," those weeds have now sprouted roots.

Promoting science in Israel, Europe and the UK

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:33:43 GMT

Israeli academics who avoid cooperative projects with European universities are unwittingly playing into the hands of those who want to sever ties with Israel.

Actions, not slogans, for the New Year

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:54:43 GMT

It is a sad day when an Israeli request for negotiations is no longer seen as serious.

Municipalities, impenetrable bureaucracies, citizen rights

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:03:53 GMT

Israel is an amazing country for the way it has developed despite the many existential problems which it faces on a daily basis.

Borderline Views: Freedom of expression in danger

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:20:17 GMT

In recent years it has become acceptable for politically oriented groups to attack academics who express their views.

Limmud and ‘tikkun olam’ – a winning combination

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:25:24 GMT

A festival of Jewish learning for no other purpose than the age-old desire to “study for the sake of it” (limmud lishma).

Borderline Views: Remembering Montefiore in the UK

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:22:03 GMT

The notion of hakarot hatov to governments and states within which Jews live as free and equal citizens is of great importance.

Borderline Views: From Rothschild to the Western Wall

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:12:23 GMT

Without social welfare, without mutual responsibility and care, the third commonwealth (however it is defined) will not arise.

Borderline Views: Translating protest into power

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:25:29 GMT

To transform protest into real power, political organization, creation of a political party can turn demonstrators into voters.

Israel’s maritime boundaries

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:51:08 GMT

In this border dispute, it is in Israel’s clear interest to approach international authorities.

Borderline Views: Preserving human rights of 'the other'

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:00:29 GMT

The real challenge facing human rights groups is respecting and upholding the civil rights of those with whom we often disagree.

A fine appointment

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:06:50 GMT

Picking Daniel Taub, an Anglo-Jew, as the next Israeli ambassador to the UK was an excellent choice on the Foreign Ministry’s part.

Religious pluralism on Shavuot

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:02:13 GMT

No longer the exclusive domain of the Orthodox, Shavuot night has become a night-long learn-in for the religious and secular.

Internationalizing our universities

Mon, 30 May 2011 23:13:53 GMT

Borderline Views: Research and full degree programs in English are finally being offered, but to successfully compete with the international programs at North American and European universities.

Borderline Views: Nothing new on the peace front

Mon, 23 May 2011 23:57:26 GMT

For over 20 years now, the same topics – borders, settlements, refugees, Jerusalem, water – have been debated ad nauseam. The problem is not the issues, it’s the willingness, or lack thereof, to solve them.

Lessons from Britain’s electoral referendum

Mon, 16 May 2011 22:07:52 GMT

Too much coalition wheeling and dealing, and the often extortionate use of power by the smallest parties, has been characteristic of the Israeli system.

Borderline Views: Post-Pessah thoughts on freedom

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:29:09 GMT

Encountering the Schalit family outside the Prime Minister’s residence on the night of the Seder really put things in perspective.

Thoughts on academic freedom at Pessah

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:13:12 GMT

In today’s environment, Martin Buber, Judah Leon Magnes or Yeshayahu Leibowitz would have long been fired from their positions.

Borderline Views: Educating our diplomats

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:04:44 GMT

A country that wants others to respect it cannot expect the world to be sympathetic if it continues to send out untrained and unskilled people as its representatives.

Borderline Views: A plague on both their houses

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:44:50 GMT

The University of Johannesburg’s decision to boycott Ben-Gurion University plays straight into the hands of right-wing groups.

Borderline Views: At the corner of J Street and the future

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:09:09 GMT

Progressive pro-Israel groups reflect a growing opinion among many Jewish communities, and especially among the younger generation.

Borderline Views: A festival of books

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:14:37 GMT

Scholarship and education are what 2,000 years of Diaspora were all about.

Borderline Views: Thinking beyond the two-state box

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:24:49 GMT

Given the opposition to a binational state and the inability to implement two states, there are alternatives that provide a new range of opportunities.

Borderline Views: The Herzliya festival

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:44:11 GMT

Conferences such as Herzliya, Caesarea and Sderot have become alternative forums for national leaders to make policy statements, largely for press consumption.

Borderline Views: Torah to Zion

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:06:45 GMT

The process of transporting a scroll to Israel is an interesting one.

The morning after: Rebuilding the Labor Party

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:57:21 GMT

Borderline Views: Could this be Labor’s last chance to reinvent itself as a true party of opposition and eventually regain power?

Borderline Views: Israel’s delegitimization from within

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:24:25 GMT

It's easy to seek ‘enemies’ among Left or racists of the Right. But real damage comes from groups falsely setting claiming to be defenders of Jewish state.

Borderline Views: A Jewish marketplace of ideas

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:41:28 GMT

Starting from a small grassroots learning experience, Limmud has grown into an annual celebration of the Jewish thirst for knowledge and debate.

Borderline Views: Our own worst enemies

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:19:29 GMT

Prompted by Brazil and Argentina, recognition of Palestinian state could take on mass momentum, further isolating us if we refuse to acknowledge this.

Borderline Views: Supporting Israel in the UK

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:43:21 GMT

Left-wing critics are far more influential in countering the attempts at delegitimization than the blind supporters of an Israel who can never do wrong.

Borderline Views: Yes to a referendum

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:46:59 GMT

The government decision to go to referendum before implementing any agreement involving territory may not be such a bad thing.

Borderline Views: Educating for tolerance

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:09:16 GMT

In the midst of a national conflict, Jews and Arabs must learn to have empathy for the ‘other’.

Borderline Views: Saving the world’s drylands

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:06:22 GMT

Israeli expertise pushes political conflict aside, as experts from all over travel to the Negev to learn.

Borderline Views: Racism in the name of religion

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:36:21 GMT

The call of Safed chief rabbi on city’s Jewish citizens not to rent or sell their apartments to Arabs is as far removed from Jewish values as one can imagine.

Borderline Views: The yeshiva and the workplace

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:28:33 GMT

Vocational training within the haredi world has taken off in a big way in recent years and haredi community leaders and MKs had better get on board.

Borderline Views: Bringing the humanities back

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:53:32 GMT

Original universities were founded around 3 main areas: theology, law and philosophy. Without these, an institution can never be a full-fledged university.

Borderline views: The wrong litmus test

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:34:03 GMT

Our international colleagues should be doing everything possible to promote and expand the conditions under which Israeli-Palestinian cooperation can take place.

Back to square one

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:41:48 GMT

Borderline Views: No settlement freeze, no significant peace talks. All of us, Israelis and Palestinians alike, will suffer the consequences.

The science ambassador

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:59:01 GMT

At a recent dinner with the British envoy, the emphasis was on the British-Israel Research Exchange program, which came as a partial response to the boycott calls in the UK.

Borderline Views: Israel – Phase II

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:27:03 GMT

None of us can begin to understand what a difference an end of conflict will make to our lives – so many other issues which we push aside can be dealt with.

A dangerous political agenda

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:47:31 GMT

The objective of organizations like Im Tirtzu has nothing to do with academic objectivity.

The political legacy of Rav Kook

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:13:55 GMT

First chief rabbi of Palestine's political legacy remains stronger than ever before.

The blemish of forced evacuation

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:08:51 GMT

The preservation of a Jewish state is not only about demography. It is also about the values and messages that the state disseminates.

Borderline Views: Critical friends of Israel

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:58:04 GMT

If the recent JPR Institute of London survey is any indication, it seems one can be both pro-Israel and pro-peace.

When is a border not a border?

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:11:37 GMT

Unpleasant experiences at border controls involving harsh security checks and interrogations leave a bad impression.

Academics and the public discourse

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:44:12 GMT

Many argue that academics should remain solely as the creators of knowledge and not take part in political debates.

What is happening to our freedom of speech?

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:17:32 GMT

The academic community here is showing signs of growing intolerance and attempts to deny the free and open debate which is such an integral part of the university milieu.

Reassessing the Israel-Diaspora link

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:44:47 GMT

The Diaspora needs Israel for salving its own conscience much more than the other way round

Borderline Views: Jewish fish and chips

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:35:09 GMT

As the academic year ends, a conference on the culinary delights of the region, with its mixture of cultures and histories.

Borderline Views: Football escapism

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:33:52 GMT

We are as far away from resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict as ever – but it can be put on hold for one more month as we soccer fans escape into World Cup bliss.

Borderline Views: Seeking greater transparency

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:21:15 GMT

We need a citizens' movement to force MKs who abuse funds to resign, and be replaced with those not trying to get rich quick.

Borderline Views: Lebensraum for the dead

Mon, 17 May 2010 21:41:21 GMT

Given the history of this country, much of it is built over ancient burial sites, while future development and expansion plans will almost certainly bring about clashes of a similar nature to the Barzilai affair.

Borderline Views: Doomed to succeed

Tue, 11 May 2010 11:06:55 GMT

The recent attacks on the EU and its funding of civil society and human rights organizations here are threatening to drive a serious wedge in Israel-Europe relations.

Borderline Views: The right to vote abroad

Mon, 03 May 2010 21:28:22 GMT

There are clearly cases where it should be allowed, but this should be the exception rather than the rule.

The opera house of the Negev

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:46:31 GMT

BGU will celebrate 40 yrs since the 1st classes were held in Beersheba.

Borderline Views: Walking the trail at 62

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:13:07 GMT

The Israel Trail has become one of the movable places where differences are overcome and where people listen to each other.

Losing legitimacy in the Jewish Quarter

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:41:27 GMT

In our greed to lay claim to all Jerusalem, we are now in danger of losing legitimate control over those parts which should never have been in contention.

Losing legitimacy in the Jewish Quarter

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:11:12 GMT

The Arab opposition to the rededication of the Hurva synagogue is clear evidence of this process.

Repairing Israel-UK Relations

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:19:50 GMT

Forging passports, especially by an ally, is considered a slap in the face.

Challenging the Left to move it

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:18:21 GMT

Israeli politics may be over-fragmented, but the truth is that the Right continues to show a solidarity of purpose which enables it to unite effectively, while the Left continuously fails to get its act together.

The myth of heritage sites

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:52:43 GMT

Some of the foremost rabbinical commentators argue that physical places do not have any inherent sanctity.

Borderline Views: An unholy alliance

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:50:06 GMT

When it comes to the link between Israel and Evangelical groups, Rabbi Shlomo Aviner hits the nail on the head.

Borderline Views: Red lines for academic freedom

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:04:24 GMT

I am no fan of the current government, but its ambassadors should be accorded the same respect as those of any other country.

Borderline Views: Red lines for academic freedom

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:53:20 GMT

I am no fan of the current government but its ambassadors should be accorded the same respect as those of any other country, including states whose policies towards ethnic minorities and human rights are far more dubious than anything Israel has to offer.

Borderline Views: The politics of delegitimization

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:47:13 GMT

Many of our supporters are beginning to question whether this country is indeed a democracy.

Water - conflict or peace?

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:45:11 GMT

Water scarcity in the region is also about geopolitics and economics.

Borderline Views: Water - a source of conflict or peace?

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:40:09 GMT

Its scarcity in the region is not only about global warming and careful management, it’s also about geopolitics and economics.

Outdated security thinking

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:24:42 GMT

It is surprising Netanyahu reinserted defensible border concept into discourse.