The Crime of Israel’s New Death Penalty Law
Israel’s Knesset recently passed legislation mandating the death penalty for deadly acts of terrorism committed “with the intent to deny the existence of the State...
Interview | Rabbi Gilad Kariv on the Knesset’s Future
The Knesset member talks about merging parties, Netanyahu's influence and the state of the country before the next elections.
Q&A: Ilan Berman on Iran, the Knesset and the Haredi Draft
The news from Israel this morning was of yet another narrowly averted crisis, the threatened collapse of the governing coalition over attempts to put teeth in a bill that would compel Haredi participation in the IDF.
The Day After Bibi
Naftali Bennett, Israel's new prime minister, has little international experience. Like Netanyahu, he opposes the Iranian nuclear deal.
Winners and Losers in the Most Recent Israeli Election
More than a week after the most recent Israeli election, Israelis are still trying to find a way to make sense of what happened—and, no...
Israel's Public Debate Over Privatized Land
by Lily Hoffman Simon
This week, Jews around the world celebrated Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year for trees. Among many Jews, the most popular way...