Opinion

Zehava’s legacy is one of quiet strength, of a mother who taught lessons in determination and compassion. A mother who, even in the most difficult moments, continued to choose love, family, and hope.

Israel has paid far too high a price to relearn this lesson. The kites crossing the border today may contain nothing, but the next ones may not. We should not wait and see.

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

A deeper look at the heritage and history of the Jewish people teaches us that this is not merely a random sequence of disasters, persecutions, and wars.

Every Israeli government must keep one fact firmly in mind: Israel has no great-power ally other than the United States.

His goal was to put unattractive candidates out of realistic places on the list – or as low on the list as possible. In many cases Netanyahu was successful, or at least partially successful. 

Hezbollah’s swift pledge of allegiance provides Mojtaba with a seal of approval from the Iranian regime’s most important strategic asset and assists him in projecting continuity.

Likud is walking out of this primary further to the Right, unmistakably built around Netanyahu, security-minded to its core, still ready to sit with the ultra-Orthodox parties.

Israel needs a government capable of combining military power with diplomatic judgment and building regional alliances.

For the foreseeable future, Iran can continue to rely on this substantial external military power to bolster its own military capacity.