Israeli politics

If properly constituted, the probe can help Israel understand how a catastrophe of this scale was allowed to happen, and how to ensure it does not happen again.

Army Radio commander Tal Lev-Ram has said that he would fight the closure, which Defense Minister Israel Katz has pushed for, before the High Court of Justice.

While 59% of Jewish respondents viewed polarization as the greatest threat, only 39% of Arab participants said the same, possibly due to higher Arab sympathy with Palestinians.

At a time when sovereignty, security, and national cohesion demand leaders forged by responsibility rather than ambition, Sharren Haskel illustrates what effective leadership is really like.

A divided opposition risks repeating past failures; uniting the parties is the only path to replacing the current government.

The golden noose represents a theology of death, a reverence for vengeance that distorts the face of Judaism and deals a severe blow to Israeli society.

Experience shows that dramatic statements and grand promises may generate temporary support, but that support evaporates quickly when confronted with facts.

Israel’s democracy is mature enough for another woman prime minister, and leaders are already emerging.

“In recent days, we have witnessed an organized campaign of pressure by senior ‘former officials’ seeking to distort the facts and dictate to the government how it should act,” Netanyahu wrote.

Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said the current version of the haredi draft law would benefit only ultra-Orthodox men.