Democracy

WATCH: Pahlavi announces six demands for int'l community, Iranian diaspora to support protesters

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi outlined six key demands to rally global support for Iranian activists and protesters, urging a coordinated international effort to weaken the regime.

Anti-Iranian regime protesters in Paris, France, hold banners, including of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi over a background with the Pahlavi royal crest, reading "FREE IRAN," January 18, 2026.
A PROTESTER holds a placard using the IDF acronym of Israel Defense Forces instead as ‘Infant Death Force’ in London last month. Today’s ideological manipulation echoes the rhetoric that paved the way for the Holocaust, the writer asserts.

Democracy’s blind spot: Extremism that no longer fears exposure - opinion

US President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

Trump’s new world order is hitting the Middle East at full speed - opinion

Ilana Dayan addresses the Emergency Conference of Israeli Journalists in Tel Aviv on December 9, 2025.

Those who seek truth do not silence the press - opinion


Why Trump’s attack on democracy is as deep a Jewish concern as antisemitism or Israel - opinion

Democracy protected Jews in America, if imperfectly, and Jews made it a hallmark of our Americanness to be advocates for democracy in return.

 The US flag seen near the Capitol in Washington, DC. January 18, 2025.

Why politicizing judicial appointments is dangerous for Israel - opinion

The framework eliminates the current supermajority requirement for appointing Supreme Court justices and replaces it with mutual veto power for the coalition and opposition.

 Then-Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and all 15 justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court of Justice, in Jerusalem, September 2023.

The unaccountable few: How Israel’s justice system undermines democracy - opinion

According to polls, even among the supporters of the opposition parties, 80% think the Israeli judicial system is in need of reform. We should make Israel a democracy again.

 Israelis are seen protesting judicial reform, in Tel Aviv.

The Israel-Hamas War has presented necessity, opportunity for judicial reform - opinion

The path forward is clear: well-timed and measured reform that brings Israel’s judicial system closer to accepted democratic norms while maintaining appropriate checks and balances.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin (right) and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, a former justice minister, attend a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting last week. Their proposal is significantly better than the original plan that roiled the country in 2023, but has substantial flaws

Freedom forgone: The concerning rise of censorship in Israel - comment

What justification would we have as a humanitarian society if we did not preserve the rights of those we disagree with just because we disagree with them?

 The Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem.

War Diary: The IDF is not a moral army, Israel is cast as a blight unto the nations - opinion

Like it or not, the State of Israel is expected to be better than other nations, a light unto the nations. Unfortunately, at this moment in time Israel is often cast as a blight unto the nations.

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. February 7, 2025.

'Takeover': A look at pre-Nazi Germany's last months of democracy - review

The author takes the reader through these last months of democracy, minute by minute, day by day, blow by blow.

 Adolf Hitler speaks in the Lustgarten in Berlin during the Reich presidential election on April 4, 1932.

America’s democracy is at a crossroads, a collapse could have global impact - opinion

As we watch this unfold, we must remember that democracy isn’t just a system of government – it’s a daily practice of civic engagement and responsible citizenship.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who leads the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, appear before the media in the Oval Office last week.

Israel must return to be a home for ‘all Jews,’ Golan tells US Jewish leaders

Golan declared that the coming year will be a “year of decisiveness.” This decisiveness will include a series of decisions that will decide the “destiny” of Israel, Golan said.

 Yair Golan holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, on February 13, 2025

Israel ranked as most destabilizing country according to Global National Brands Index

In response to the ranking, Brand IL launched a $100m rebranding campaign to reverse negative perceptions of Israel.

 People rally for democracy in Israel before Israeli President Isaac Herzog is scheduled to address congress at the US Capitol building in Washington, US, July 19, 2023