State of Israel

Israel is sliding into tribal politics, and we’re letting it happen - opinion

In an election year defined by contempt, I saw in a Gesher retreat in Paphos how dialogue can still hold Israeli society together.

Participants at the Gesher Syms Leadership Institute retreat in Paphos, Cyprus.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 15, 2026.

How Netanyahu's Israel is a betrayal of early Zionism - opinion

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Hatred of Jews so often fixates on the Land of Israel - opinion

RABBI MARC SCHNEIER attends the 2016 Friends Of The Israel Defense Forces Gala at The Waldorf Astoria on March 15, 2016 in New York City.

‘I’d rather be envied than erased’: NY Rabbi says Israel gives Jews power - interview


The new heart of the Jewish calendar: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day - opinion

These two days symbolize the greatest assault of death and evil on life and the greatest outburst of life and renewal ever, both dueling and reinforcing each other with unparalleled force.

 MOTORISTS STAND at attention, in Tel Aviv, as sirens sound across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, last Monday.

Defiant independence: Israel must show resolve against international emasculation - opinion

And at this very moment, true atzmaut, real independence, means that Israel must advance in defiance of those who seek to emasculate it.

 TRUCKS at the Erez crossing are on their way to bring humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, this week. Hamas has blown up humanitarian supply infrastructures that Israel facilitated, and instead spent hundreds of millions of dollars in aid on military attack infrastructures, the writer asserts.

A break down of Israel's population on the country's 76th Independence Day

Israel's population currently stands at 9.9 million people. When broken down into sectors, there are 7.247 million Jews, who make up 73.2% of the population, while the Arab population stands at 2.089

 People watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Saker Park, Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Israel is not responsible for Hamas’s evil - opinion

We have nothing to atone for in this incident or the countless others Hamas has brought on its own people.

 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS shelter last week in an UNRWA-affiliated school in the central Gaza Strip. Gazan Palestinians are not Israeli citizens and are not Israel’s responsibility. Israel didn’t want this war, didn’t start this war, and doesn’t want it to continue, the writer asserts.

Israelis are not European occupiers - opinion

It is essential to understand that the woke movement did not come from nowhere; it emerged in a vacuum resulting from a lack of ethnic diversity.

 Ethiopian Jews land in Israel, June 1, 2022

Jewish people have always desired peace with all their neighbors - opinion

Thousands of Israelis died because the risk of the Oslo Peace Accords didn’t pan out, and its failure unleashed waves of terror Israelis are still falling victims to until today.

 YITZHAK RABIN knew of the likely failure of the Oslo Accords and the high price failure could bring, but on the small chance it could work, couldn’t pass on the opportunity to make peace, says the writer.

There is a patriotic awakening in Israel right now, we need to make the most of it - opinion

These so-called Post-Zionists either never left Zionism or they have re-found it and are now embracing the uniqueness of Israel.

 THERE IS a Zionist awakening in Israel. Let’s leverage it

The solution to Israel-Palestine - Opinion

The writer reflects on the various shortcomings of previous philosophies on the land division between Israelis and Palestinians.

 A MAP in the Palestinian pavilion showing Palestine as including the State of Israel.

Israel’s growing intermarriage problem

Some observers might be tempted to dismiss the significance of such intermarriages. But a deeper dive into the data leaves no room for doubt, we have a problem.

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A deep dive into the writings of visionary Theodor Herzl

CENTER FIELD: If there was one thing Herzl was famous for, it was for giving up on Europe and the Diaspora, and recognizing Palestine as their only viable long-term option.

A man dressed as Theodor Herzl reinacts his famous pose in New York City's Times Square