Israeli Elections Watch: The Race Is On
Almost two months have passed since Avigdor Liberman resigned as Defense Minister in early November, leaving the Likud-led coalition with a narrow, difficult-to-manage majority in the Knesset.
Five Things to Know This Week: Trump and Bibi Bargain on Syria Move
Did Donald Trump expect that his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria—a decision made spontaneously following his phone call with Turkish president Erdogan—would create such a stir?
It’s Time for the Israeli Government to Take a Stand Against Gender-Based Violence
In early December, under banners declaring “This is an emergency” and carrying signs with pictures of the 24 women murdered in 2018, more than 20,000 women gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to protest against femicide and gender-based violence in Israel.
Six Women Who Are Breaking Israel’s Glass Ceiling
Rivka Carmi
In 2006, Rivka Carmi became the president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), making her the first woman to serve as the president...
Opinion | What Will It Take to Get the Haredim to Enlist?
For Israelis, bringing teenage sons and daughters barely out of high school to the army induction center to begin their compulsory military service is one of the most fraught and difficult realities of life. Underlying the cheerful, almost celebratory sendoff is the terrifying possibility of one day being forced to join the crowds at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery, part of the growing “family” who have paid the ultimate price for living in the world’s only Jewish country.
Why Hagai El-Ad Needed to Speak at the UN
I didn’t want to listen to Hagai El-Ad, director of the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, as he provided an official briefing to the United Nations Security Council about the situation in Gaza and the West Bank last week.
Opinion | Israel’s Nation-State Law Is Not Just Bark
photo: Dafna Talmon
After the passage of Israel’s nation-state law, which anchors the Jewishness of the state in Israel’s “basic law” or constitution, the Israeli right...
Opinion | Israel’s Vote Goes to the GOP
The Israel picture, while barely a trifle to most Americans, is almost everything to us. We consider only one question: Will the next Congress be supportive of Israel, and of President Donald Trump’s support for Israel?
In ‘Unsettling,’ Leftist Filmmaker Embeds in a West Bank Settlement
Zaki arranged a pop-up studio/cafe outside a small organic grocery with three cameras, a table and chairs. Then, she waited.
A New Addition to Your Israel Trip: Detainment
American Jews active in peace groups have recently began making sure they have another item on their checklist before leaving for the Holy Land: a phone number of a civil rights lawyer.
Is Israel an ‘Apartheid State’? Depends on Your Goal
Does the nation-state law cement Israel’s status as an apartheid state? And what does that mean?
Inside the Iron Dome
Chanoch Levin spearheaded the development of Israel’s famed defensive shield against short-range rockets. For the first time, he shares some of the previously undisclosed details of how a concept more likely to be found in a science fiction thriller became a reality.