Democracy

Gadi Eisenkot opposes Palestinian statehood. What is his alternative solution? - opinion

Replacing Netanyahu with a more competent leader while retaining Netanyahu’s fundamental doctrine toward the Palestinians would amount to better management of the same failed strategy.

Gadi Eisenkot, head of Yashar, is the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming October election.
THE KNESSET plenum meets this week. Israel’s rules of the game are not anchored in a constitution and can be changed by a simple Knesset majority, the writer notes.

Is Israel too polarized for a constitution? That’s why we need one - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in Jerusalem, February 26, 2026.

India at 80: Young, progressive, and forging a special partnership with Israel - opinion

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends the Herzliya conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, June 30, 2026.

Israel is undermining election oversight without a state comptroller - opinion


Israel's next government must answer the real 'day after' question - opinion

On October 27, Israelis will go to the polls in Israel’s first post-war election.

MK's attend a plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers currently held by the attorney general between two separate officeholders, at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026.

How democratic Israelis can win the war against the messianic settler Right - opinion

It is time to wake up and acknowledge that there is no democracy with occupation.

JEWISH SETTLERS are seen at the unauthorized Beit Anot outpost in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank after being informed of an expected evacuation, June 1, 2026.

Lindsey Graham was a rare statesman in an age of politics

He showed us that public service is not about personal advancement. It is about leaving your country, your allies, and the world stronger than you found them.

Bobby Rechnitz (left)  with Lindsey Graham

Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis

Bill passes 58-54 despite legal warnings, IDF opposition • Netanyahu heckled by opposition lawmakers shouting 'disgrace' before leaving plenum ahead of the vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Our future rests on prioritizing the common good, not the elections - opinion

Democracy’s greatest strength has always rested upon something deeper: the belief that despite our disagreements, there exists a common good that is worth pursuing together.

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Masked vandal smashes entrance to Haaretz offices, days after similar attack on Channel 12

Security footage showed the individual reaching through the entrance grates and tossing two bricks at a glass door, which punched a hole through the entrance before he fled. 

A photograph of the glass door at Haaretz smashed by a masked vandal.

White nationalist group Patriot Front marched through Washington DC ahead of Independence Day

Many were carrying the group's flag, Confederate flags, and variations of the US flag, at times chanting "Reclaim America."

A passenger looks on as members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front ride the Washington Metro on July 04, 2026 in Washington, DC.

At 250, Israel needs an angry America to rediscover its way - opinion

Israel is losing both large parties, but there is still hope for the underrepresented pragmatic center.

AMERICAN AND ISRAELI flags fly during a demonstration in support of Israel at the US Capitol in 2002.

When ‘democracy’ becomes a disguise - opinion

The hollowing-out of a word – and the agenda it now carries.

Democrats leader Yair Golan addresses reporters at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 22, 2026

Palestinian Authority prepares for first election in two decades, as Abbas preps final date

Sinijlawi described the vote as an opportunity for new political leadership to emerge “after years of political stagnation.” 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leads the newly elected Fatah Central Committee meeting in Ramallah in the West Bank, June 3, 2026.