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It is not just the High Court. The attorney-general and his legal minions also have fallen into the habit of overriding value judgments passed into law by the democratically elected representatives.

What would happen if Netanyahu had introduced his plan as a unilateral disengagement rather than applying sovereignty/annexation?

Israel’s positive and extraordinary important role in helping stabilize the Gulf crisis is well-understood in Doha.

Belgium has a choice. It can join Israel in being a light unto the nations and help promote tolerance or it can stand on the wrong side of history by funding groups out to silence the Jewish state.

If Israel’s national leaders could find a front-of-house way to practice niceness to people we would all feel better.

Strategically, unilateral withdrawals, with few exceptions and even with the best of intentions, have been disastrous.

Before the Corona Era (BCE), some 1 million visitors a year came to Acre enjoy the wonderful combination of ancient history, Turkish bazaars and beaches.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

When a family is in crisis, the situation needs to be resolved as a family: through talking about it, arguing points and reinstating trust among ourselves.

With less than three months until the election, they must work to counteract the fiction that a Biden-Harris bid is a good, sane option for America and, by extension, for Israel.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (the STL) was voted into existence by the UN Security Council in 2007 and formally established in 2009.

The last 20 years have seen an awakening of public sensitivity to media issues in Israel and abroad.

With all parties unwilling, no negotiations will take place in the foreseeable future.

Generally speaking, most Israelis don’t know much about disabilities, especially “invisible” disabilities.

The US has demanded her extradition from Jordan, Yet Jordan’s King Abdullah II refuses to accede to that demand.

Every year, more than 80,000 young Jews arrive within the framework of educational tourism on programs intended to strengthen their relationship with the State of Israel.

France has led the fight against the EU taking action against Hezbollah, even though Hezbollah was caught stockpiling ammonium nitrate in Europe.

For Israel’s citizens and its supporters and allies abroad, the aftermath of the recent tragedy served as a reminder that the Jewish state continues to hold itself to a higher standard.

On the same day that Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate, Ilhan Omar handily won her primary battle.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

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Numerous young Israelis succeeded in overcoming the fear and the uncertainties that came with the coronavirus,

In the interview, Avrushmi was confronted with a quote from his police interrogation. He then said the protesters were “like germs… that should be exterminated.”

Lebanon must be considered a failed state, going back to the 1989 Taif agreement to end the civil war.

After eliminating other suspects, we can identify the person most responsible for destroying your reputation.

In an area like the West Bank where political boundaries are hazy, the issue of profits and tax payment should be examined in the context of environmental and social justice.

The answer is that it had nothing to do with peace or war.

Netanyahu rightfully calls upon authorities to respect the will of the people who voted for him. Those voters were also assured Bennett’s party would part of the government.

The Jewish mechanisms which allow people to emerge whole from soul-destroying grief are absent to nearly all who have lost a loved one during the pandemic.

We left Steinsaltz’s office not knowing precisely what category to place him in. It is not common to meet someone who truly defies description.

Both PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate PM Benny Gantz have now indicated they may back legislation to postpone the budget deadline, thereby avoiding another round of costly elections.

The People of the Book cannot afford to lose their national library.

Atar and KKL-JNF call this shift “Israeli Relocation.” I call it “Contemporary Zionism.”

If elections are the price Israel has to pay for providing Netanyahu with a chance of escaping justice, then he will make us pay it.

In an environment where monuments are being torn down, antisemitic rhetoric can no longer be given a “pass.”

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Heading for a Safe Haven

If Europe doesn't act now to save Lebanon from Hezbollah and Iran, there may never be another chance.

Strategically, Israel has shown hesitation and weakness.

I was certain that the Greek eco-centered tradition will effectively guide the public through the looming adversities to care for themselves and for each other.

There is a growing chorus of concerned citizens proclaiming that Trump is seizing dictatorial control over our nation.

An iron fence with rifles as posts and crossed swords and sabers as railings surround an area of five rows that each hold six fallen Jewish Confederate soldiers.

Jewish communities in Azerbaijan are among the numerous ethnic groups that coexisted with the general population and continue to do so to this day.

At the end of July, we were on a family vacation in Havana. We had flown from Mexico with a boisterous group of young Danish Communists on their way to cut sugar cane in the Marxist paradise.

Despite all the lies parroted by the modern world, the Muslim conquerors knew well that Jerusalem was not their home.

After decades of his teachings being pushed to the margins of public discourse, today Jabotinsky finally receives a proper place in history.

Mainstream Orthodox Judaism does not yet recognize women as rabbis, there is no reason that women cannot take the tests that are otherwise given to men studying to become rabbis.

Because of his works, we all have the ability to realize the passion for knowledge and wonder that sprouts from every page of the Talmud.

Arguments for a binational “solution” are a century old – and they collapsed under the weight of Jewish blood and Arab intransigence.

What did Lebanon expect? What did the citizens of a country sadly known for years of civil war and internal strife think would happen, after they let their country be taken hostage by terrorists?

The skies need to open, but, for the open skies plan to work, so much more needs to be done.

If retirement means laying on a beach and rubbing cocoa butter on your stomach, about 48 hours of that will be enough for most people. You’ll want something new. - Tim Ferriss

Nuvo, a Tel-Aviv based start-up, has developed an innovative monitoring platform that women can administer at home as prescribed by their doctor.

An economic update amid the coronavirus crisis in Israel.

The Israel Police needs to have a properly appointed full-time police commissioner who will safeguard the public’s freedom to demonstrate.

The history of the Arab Spring revolutions suggests that the recipe for regime change includes four essential ingredients.

If the answer to this question had been self-evident, perhaps the political turmoil we’ve been experiencing over the last two years could have been avoided.

Perhaps, now, Saudi Arabia is set on a path intended to lead to the development of its own nuclear weapons program

What should define pro-Israel in 2020 across the political spectrum? Here are a few suggestions.

“October Surprise” is the American political term for a fake crisis – usually involving foreigners – that is “discovered” by a president trailing badly in the polls before elections.

“A climate of punishment, heretic hunting, recurrent feature of left-wing politics has set in, enforced in some places, through workplace discipline, including firings.”

My congregant’s question starkly reminds me that I’m no longer so young. The Bible spells it out in Psalm 37:25, “I was young, now I am old.”

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The privilege of participating in the grand drama of Jewish national renewal and redemption.

It is one thing for Jerusalem to offer assistance, but it quite another that Tel Aviv cover its municipal building with the flag of that enemy country as a symbol of solidarity.

Does the fact that I don’t support the Likud, that I loved Yitzhak Rabin and admire David Ben-Gurion, turn me into a traitor?

Challenging times necessitate a reality check and far-reaching change.

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There are more laws regulating family relationships than almost any other sphere of law.

A systemic crisis represents a strategic threat to a country because of the devastating effects it could produce. Thus, understanding its causes is of great importance.

Despite the lag in the polls, despite the difficult situation in the US, all the cards are in the hands of the president.

In trying to delegitimize the election Trump has raised legitimate worries about how he might use the military to reject the outcome of November’s election.

Trump has dictatorial tendencies and occasionally acts on them.

Despite the arguments of the die-hard advocates of the two-state solution from both sides, I cannot perceive how it is still possible.

While understandably the coronavirus now dominates everyday life, we must continue to face our ongoing domestic and global security issues.

Hezbollah would rather the Lebanese people suffer, than let them partake of assistance offered by the Jewish state.

The joy associated with Tu Be’av stems from the empowerment of equality as a value.

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Get-refusal is nothing less than a disgrace. Although it is not forbidden by Jewish law, we have a moral and religious obligation to prevent it.

A consensus is forming that Prof. Alon Tal is the right person for this difficult KKL-JNF job at this critical moment.

Israel should not turn away Jews under any circumstances, and that includes the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most Israelis and Palestinians haven't given up on a two-state solution.

He enables hate, he emboldens violence, and ultimately, he practices a depraved indifference to human life.

It is time to awaken the hope among the Iranians to make a real change.

Mercenaries with ties to Kremlin seize oil fields, complicating a wide variety of conflicts.

One of the most outrageous incidents emerged last week in America’s City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia.

All social media platforms should be adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism and using it as an educational tool rather than for censorship.

The synagogue model is teetering and will, almost certainly, collapse.

This young Swede demonstrated how one compassionate person can make a significant difference.

These extraordinary last few months are a fascinating and worrying laboratory for understanding what happens when antisemitism is allowed to flourish.

Why does Benjamin Netanyahu think so ill of the media here?

The weight of the worldwide death toll and weeks of segregation are taking their toll.

For the first time since the start of the “second wave,” the infection rate has fallen below threshold 1 – each contagious person is currently infecting less than one other person, it was disclosed Sunday.

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Minority communities are in constant pursuit of equal opportunity, particularly in education, employment and welfare.