Opinion

Is Benny Gantz a second Yigael Yadin?

In order to better analyze Gantz’s actions, chances and future, it is worthwhile to identify the similarities and differences between Gantz and his party and Yadin and his movement.

Equal Numbers

There is room to be concerned that Israel might be moving backwards when it comes to the participation of women in politics and government.

Right from wrong: when bubble-dwellers go too far

Editor's Notes: The anatomy of a diplomatic crisis

Leaders in both Israel and Poland will need to find a path out of this crisis in a way that preserves Jewish history as well as Polish national pride.

Grapevine: Three generations of female activists

My Word: The antisemitism wake-up call

Obstacles to Israel’s strategic objectives

Main insights from the INSS 12th annual international conference

On the wrong side of the J Street

Hoping to be identified as the “middle-ground," J Street characterizes itself as the home of the “pro-Israel and pro-peace Americans.” But its inconsistent stances reflect only uncertainty.

Right man at the right time

A personal account of Benny Gantz from a former Green Beret and military colleague.

Will Netanyahu form a government after elections?

Despite the unification of the lists between Gantz and Lapid, I prudently contend that the elections of 2019 will not herald a political turnover in favor of the center-left bloc.

Turkey’s rebuke of China’s Uyghur policy reveals limits of cooperation

As long as the collision between China’s agenda in Xinjiang and Pan-Turkic solidarity forms an inherent limit to Sino-Turkish cooperation, Turkey will shy away from China's Belt-and-Road initiative.

The clash of the prime ministers

This collective memory constitutes Jews as the ultimate victims, whereas “the Poles” are a nation of collaborators. But history is always more complex than such simplistic characterizations.

The Polish-Israeli crisis: Mixing history and diplomacy

Diplomacy should be left to diplomats.

Middle Israel: the foreign minister’s Polish joke

A day will come when Israelis will also be in a position to talk to foreign governments as frankly as they talk to each other. Until then, Israeli foreign ministers will have to make friends.

Cynical politics

Shedding light on the ‘silenced’ Holocaust

These interactions give the participants the impression of belonging to the greater Israeli society and culture, making successful absorption in Israel easier.

Here and There: Are we a people who look a gift horse in the mouth?

Yechiel Eckstein was a man who recognized the urgent necessity to help Jews in need – in Israel and throughout the world.

Fundamentally Freund: The optical illusion of Israel’s political Center

The Center is a myth, an optical illusion created by power-hungry politicos with little to offer in the way of a coherent ideology or a set of polished policy prescriptions.

Washington Watch: Mideast peace Catch-22

The Palestinians didn’t show up because they’re still mad at US President Donald Trump for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and cutting off American aid.

Importance of IDF Ground Forces in new army appointments

The indication of the importance of a field is measured by the resources allocated to it, and to the people who lead it.

Antisemitism in France

Political leaders from all French parties, including former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, joined Jews and non-Jews in Paris’s Place de la Republique to condemn antisemitic acts.

World’s first museum of Mountain Jews to open in Azerbaijan

Since ancient times, Jews have always been surrounded by the love, care and friendship of Azerbaijanis – while in other countries, Jews were subjected to discrimination and persecution.

Why should we hate Israel?

While Israel is far from perfect, I learned there are many reasons to respect the country, and that the portrait of Israelis as portrayed by the Arab media is misleading.

Extreme Takeover

Proceedings on the Knesset floor famously feature shouting and name-calling, with the level of decorum approximating that of a kindergarten playground.

Encountering Peace: Intelligent intelligence

Israel’s use of technology for intelligence gathering is at the pinnacle of what exists today anywhere.