Opinion

Israel must listen to its friends, not dismiss their warnings - editorial

The test for any coalition should be whether it can protect the country while governing responsibly at home and maintaining credibility abroad.

BILL ACKMAN, a billionaire Jewish investor and director of the New York hedge fund Pershing Square, made it clear that there was no context when it came to calls for genocide.

Iran fears only Netanyahu. On Tuesday, make sure it stays that way - opinion

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv as part of the Likud party’s election campaign ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 22, 2026.

Israel must choose national unity over political division - opinion

Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

Why does Moody’s rate France above Israel? The economic gap deserves scrutiny – opinion

Facade of the Banque de France (Bank of France) head office in Paris on July 10, 2026.

Israel’s ballot box or Pandora’s box? - opinion

Israel’s greatest threat may be its diminishing ability to distinguish truth from lies and political opponents from enemies. Can democracy withstand the pressure?

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByJEFFREY KAHN

Israel’s election campaign lacks substance, fresh leadership, and vision - opinion

From national security to the haredi draft, Israel’s most pressing challenges have received little serious attention from candidates seeking to lead the country.

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election

The role of defense R&D in strengthening Israel’s capabilities, technological superiority - opinion

Israel's national security depends on more than military strength. Investment in AI, robotics, space, and advanced defense technologies is essential to staying ahead of our enemies.

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByJACOB NAGEL

Members of the emergency squad of Kibbutz Malkia take part in a drill in Kibbutz Malkia, near the border with Lebanon, November 4, 2025.

The Netherlands confronts Israel while hiding from its own Jewish history - opinion

The Netherlands invokes international law against Israel, but its selective outrage reveals a deeper failure to reckon with its past.

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByDAVID DE BRUIJN, RICHARD PRIEM

Ronald Visee holds a Netherlands flag flying at half-mast

Yoaz Hendel: Reservists are the key to breaking Israel’s political deadlock - opinion

We cannot go backward – we cannot afford more rounds of elections or to abandon the prospect of change. Voting for “the largest party” is effectively a vote for yet another election.

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByYOAZ HENDEL

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walk near an electoral banner for the Reservist-Economic Party led by Yoaz Hendel (R) and Yaron Zelekha (L) in Bnei Barak, near Tel Aviv, October 18, 2026

Yair Lapid: The upcoming election is about what we want Israel to be - opinion

This is not a choice between Right and Left, or between religious and secular Israelis. This is a choice between those who carry this country on their backs and those who hitch a free ride.

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByYAIR LAPID

Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett are seen at a B'Yachad event.

My Word: When Europe fiddles and burns - opinion

France’s riots are more than protests. They reflect a growing assault on national identity, civic values, and the security of Europe’s Jews.

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByLIAT COLLINS

Masked protesters stand next to burning bicycles amid clashes during a demonstration against the cost of living and rising fuel prices near the Place de la Republique in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students,

France in flames: As Paris lectures Israel, riots leave its Jews fearing for their safety - opinion

Macron’s France faces a reckoning as violent unrest and antisemitism expose the gap between its lofty ideals and its domestic reality.

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByDAVID BEN-BASAT

Demonstrators sit on the roadway in front of officers of the French CRS riot police during a protest organised by student collectives and trade unions in Paris, France, October 22, 2026

Middle Israel: Why Naftali Bennett should be Israel's next prime minister - opinion

Democratic election is about performance, but next Tuesday’s is about what happened once we faced war: how good, bad, or scandalous our leaders’ handling of the war’s home front challenges has been.

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

Knesset candidate Naftali Bennett's urge to bridge between religious and secular Israelis, and the right-wing Bennett's resolve to prevent Jewish terrorists' tinkering with civil war, are among the reasons the writer thinks he appeals as a potential prime minister.

Trump, the peacemaker, can make peace in Israel - opinion

With neither bloc likely to win a majority, could Trump broker a Netanyahu-Eisenkot deal built around confronting Iran?

OCTOBER 23, 2026ByYAAKOV KATZ