Palestinians have gone two decades without national elections. Abbas must deliver genuine political reform while ensuring Hamas cannot use the ballot box to legitimize its terrorist infrastructure.
Israel is not a mistress; these countries can hide while seeking to enjoy the benefits of its intelligence and other capabilities.
A sane government does not demonize an entire sector of society. It brings it in – into the army or national service, the workforce and shared responsibility – on equal terms.
Israel does not need another government whose principal achievement is defeating the other side. It needs a government of leaders humble enough to understand that the country is more important.
Israel’s electoral threshold was designed to improve governability. Instead, it can distort election results and leave voters without representation.
The dramatic events of flydubai’s flight 1073 – what I like to call “the miracle at 30,000 feet” – have brought to the surface a host of eye-opening revelations.
I will have that hamburger someday. And when I do, it won’t be “to die for.” It will be to live for.
Since the current government took office at the end of 2022, it has approved the establishment or retroactive legalization of 104 Jewish communities there.
As the Sacred Covenant we signed in Atlanta declared, 'The Black-Jewish covenant cannot be sustained by nostalgia alone. Sacred memory must become present responsibility.'
If we truly want to prevent the next October 7, perhaps it is time we finally learned how to fight October 8, by building our ecosystem.
The reality is that Israelis are neither crushed nor dispirited. Instead, they are appropriately angry and motivated to win against all enemies.
