Israeli society

‘I don’t think there was any other time that a bill passed in Israel with no objections.’

Kesher Yehudi is a social movement born in response to the rift tearing apart Israeli society.

One of the tools used to police protests is horses, and there have been a number of incidents in which this has led to the injury of protesters.

Some Israelis have aired misgivings about the change — “There’s a format for IDF burial, and civilian burial is an option” where the family can choose what to inscribe on the gravestone.

As much as many of us might like things to be black and white or exactly fit how we think the world should be, life is rarely ever like that.

Israel is an extremely polarized society in many ways. While young men of 19 and 20 are dying daily on the battlefield, people of the third age are passing the 100-year benchmark.

As we hope for better days, leaders concerned with preserving Israel’s strong Jewish identity need to find a way for religious life to flourish without coercion.

Ensuring access to quality educational and healthcare frameworks for every child, regardless of their socioeconomic status, will provide an equal starting point, benefiting the children and society.

Bible studies were part of the curriculum until high school matriculation exam in every Israeli state school, but the learning scope and definition as a mandatory subject had not changed until now.

Jerusalem has the highest population of Muslims in the country - with around 380 thousand people, which makes up more than a third of city's residents.