Debate

Who should get to vote? Plans for 70,000 Israelis abroad to fly home for election sparks debate

It began with a column by Makor Rishon editor-in-chief Kalman Libeskind, who argued Israelis who have permanently moved abroad should think twice before flying back to help choose the next gov't.

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An ElAl flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, February 25, 2026.
Members of the Lebanese army secure the area near the site of an Israeli strike, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 23, 2025

Israel sets election date for October 27, Netanyahu government to complete full term

With the elections set to take place on October 27 as planned, this will be the first time since 1988 that elections have been held after a full four-year term.

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Folarin Balogun of the US is shown a red card by referee Raphael Claus on July 1, 2026.

Trump intervention prompts FIFA to reverse World Cup red card ban for US striker Folarin Balogun

The unprecedented move has thrust FIFA's disciplinary process into the global spotlight and prompted an angry response from Belgium, which plays the US on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals.

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Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026.

Gadi Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu to public debate in response to Likud video criticizing him

"Netanyahu, enough with the incitement videos... set a date and a place. Come to a public debate. We'll answer the public's questions. A true leader speaks with the public," Eisenkot said.

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Extremists shouldn't be silenced, they should be debated - opinion

It is a mistake to believe that the correct form of protest is to prevent members of the new Israeli government from speaking.

JANUARY 22, 2023ByJEFFREY HERBST
ITAMAR BEN-GVIR (left) and Bezalel Smotrich chat in the Knesset plenum. The real value of allowing people to speak is to understand their position and thereby sharpen your own arguments if you disagree with them, says the writer.

The soldier, the barber and the tefillin: a Facebook debate

A simple interaction between two individuals turned a Facebook post into a heated debate.

DECEMBER 16, 2022ByANDREA SAMUELS
A FATHER teaches his son how to wear tefillin.

Brazil elections: Bolsonaro-Lula presidential race down to the wire, polls show

Surveys by pollsters Datafolha and Quaest both showed Lula with 52% of valid votes against 48% for Bolsonaro, down from a 6 percentage-point lead three days prior.

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByREUTERS
Supporters of Brazil's President and candidate for re-election Jair Bolsonaro and supporters of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva campaign together on a street during an election campaign in Brasilia, Brazil October 13, 2022.

Israeli students win international debate competition

Winners Tamar Ben Meir and Hadar Goldberg from the Tel Aviv University Debate Team took the gold at the competition's finals on Friday.

AUGUST 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tamar Ben Meir speaking at the event's finals

Garbage in, garbage out: What passes for an Israeli-Palestinian debate at Harvard

On campus, Israel-bashing today is like wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt was 20 years ago – it’s tribal and trendy.

MAY 10, 2022ByGIL TROY
ONE OF the posters advertising a Zionism lecture by Gil Troy in 2020 that was not ripped down in Harvard Yard, but was surrounded by anti-Zionist propaganda.

There must not be a second Nakba - editorial

Itamar Fleischman suggested that the best way to deal with Palestinian nationalist sentiment in Israel was to make them live in constant fear.

DECEMBER 14, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
ARAB-ISRAELI STUDENTS at Tel Aviv University mark Nakba (‘catastrophe’) Day commemorating Israeli independence, on May 14, 2018.

Israel to air kids' COVID vaccine debate live: here's how it will work

The Health Ministry hopes to build trust by making the kids' vaccine debate public.

OCTOBER 30, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Health worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary Clalit health care center in Jerusalem, September 30, 2021.

Israeli team wins world debate championship for third year in a row

Tel Aviv University's Gil Peled and Assaph Hannany, who competed in the English Second Language side of the debate, came out on top after a grueling week with 12 rounds of nonstop argumentation.

JULY 15, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(From left to right) Tel Aviv University's Assaph Hannany and Gil Peled, the world champions of debate 2021.

YouTube takes down debate on vaccinations

By taking down our debate while leaving up many false statements, YouTube conveys the impression that they somehow validate the truth of everything they don’t take down.

APRIL 19, 2021ByALAN DERSHOWITZ
RESIDENTS OF Inglewood, California, receive COVID-19 vaccinations at a temporary vaccine station last month.

Summarizing Israel's election through a song - opinion

A ‘sticker song’ that rolls campaign clichés and slogans into a dirge on our political jam.

MARCH 19, 2021ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
CAMPAIGN POSTERS adorn a wall in Tel Aviv this week.