This systemic self-destructive behavior of Israeli governments, letting one group decide and legislate what is religiously (and therefore civically) acceptable, is the root of today's inequality.
Israeli officials must account publicly for any failures identified in investigations into the West Bank attacks and explain how they will protect the remaining harvest.
World leaders continue to champion a two-state solution, but the rejection of Israel by influential Palestinian voices raises questions about whether lasting peace is possible.
The Jewish state will remain after this prime minister. American leaders who spent the Netanyahu years treating him as the whole issue will then have to say what they actually support.
Public diplomacy based on the ‘two state solution’ is a recipe for continued Israeli failure.
Greece’s approach toward Israel is especially worthy of appreciation because it exists within a complex political reality. Friendship does not require agreement on every issue.
Gaza’s own mortality figures raise questions about years of predictions of mass death, famine, and disease that failed to materialize.
Israel can view the British move as a warning: a signal of what may happen in its relations with other countries if it continues to treat the West Bank as though it is free to do whatever it wants.
Gilad Schalit was not simply another soldier. He was somebody’s son, somebody’s brother, a young man who should have been enjoying the ordinary experiences of early adulthood.
A family’s Sukkot vacation at Disney World brings joy, but a conversation with an Israeli teenager reveals the lasting toll of wartime life.
Israel is on a slippery slope toward a dangerous defeat – economic and diplomatic, and perhaps even in the security arena when a new US administration takes office in just over two years.
