Opinion

Israel must now identify new opportunities beyond its conventional focal points in international partnerships.

One essential element remains conspicuously absent from the new peace plan: a credible, empowered Palestinian representative capable of engaging Israel directly.

Education Minister Yoav Kisch requested a professional oversight unit to review complaints that highly critical Haaretz content has been included in high school exams.

If Israel is to remain faithful to its foundational ethos – that it does not abandon its soldiers – it must be willing to update its systems to reflect the full cost of war.

Five months after Netanyahu sketched his five principles for ending the war, the ones defining “total victory,” it turns out it was all 'kalam fadi', empty talk.

Khamenei himself bears the responsibility for this bloodshed.

A 'government of change' will 'rejig priorities: money will flow to security, education, academia, hi-tech, and health and shore up the values of Zionism that reflect Israel’s raison d’etre.'

After a huge hug and a few sips of coffee, she flat-out told me she is living her best life. 'When I turned 50,' she said, 'I felt that even if given the choice, I would never go back to 40 or 30.'

Trump claims to have called off strikes on Iran's supreme leader back in June 2025. Now the protesters in Iran hang in the balance as he appears to give Khamenei another lifeline.

Israel is not retreating from the world. It is asserting its right to shape its future on its own terms – as a secure, victorious, and unapologetically Jewish state.