Israel

Moment‘s Israel coverage provides in-depth analysis, on-the-ground reporting, insightful interviews and more. From politics to poetry to people, Moment has everything you need to stay in the know about the state of the Jewish state.

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A visionary to some, a troublemaker to others, Anat Hoffman is leading the charge for women to be allowed to read the Torah at the Western Wall. The executive director of the Israel Reform Action Committee and spokesperson for Women of the Wall has become the face of the fight ...
Thanks to Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, the Jewish state was a pioneer in solar power. Now some of the country’s brightest solar innovators say they are being held back by red tape and a lack of government support. ...
The beliefs of "Judeo-Christian" pro-lifers--aka the American Christian right--do not represent the Jewish theological position. ...
Israel's unexpected political turn means the U.S. should push issues of peace, Palestinians and territory harder than ever. ...
With the new government in place, Israelis are beginning to address the complicated question of what they want their country to look like. ...
Some people can't handle the findings of a study that dares to compare Palestinian and Israeli textbooks. ...

One could argue that Israel is the country where non-Orthodox Jews have the least religious freedom: They can’t marry, divorce

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Independent Although we need to take every precaution against fanatical Muslim Arab terrorism in and outside our homeland, we need

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  Dani Dayan, head of Israel’s settler lobby, Yesha, has successfully kept another settlement freeze­—and peace talks—off the table. But

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Try as he might, David Ben-Gurion could not reform Israel’s electoral system, which gives extraordinary power to small parties. Today,

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The American Jewish thought police are quick to label sympathy a betrayal of Israel. ...
The many dangers lurking in the Middle East are likely to spell conflict, not peace. ...