State of Israel

Israeli 'Les Misérables': Happiness comes with the anticipation of catastrophe - opinion

Behind the humor is Jewish exhaustion: that even happiness comes with the anticipation of catastrophe.

 Israelis holding Israeli flags as they make their way to the funeral of Israeli soldier Sergeant major Ilay David Garfinkel, near Moshav Sitria, on March 24, 2024.
JEWISH IDENTITY and the Land of Israel: Deeply bound. Pictured: Pelicans in Emek Hefer.

Parashat Toldot: The Jewish people are inseparable from the land of Israel

An Israeli Apache military helicopter flies over Gaza, as seen from Israel September 16, 2025.

Israel seeks additional Apache helicopters amid budget uncertainty and challenges - opinion

Spanish socialists have now adopted  the radical Left’s position that Israel itself is illegitimate

Israel as the scapegoat for a Spanish train tragedy - opinion


The misconception of a conscription law - opinion

The Jewish people have always valued full-time Torah study above everything else. That dedication has never wavered, and it will not waver now.

HAREDI DEMONSTRATORS protest in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

Do the Arab parties accept Israel as a Jewish and democratic state? - opinion

The Jewish majority has every right to test the relationship between individual Arab behavior and their conduct as a collective group towards the state, its Jewish majority, and its enemies.

Ra'am head Mansour Abbas stands alongside fellow party member Yoav Segalovitz in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026

US midterms reshaped Washington - but they won't decide our Jewish destiny - opinion

Our response cannot be confined to better lobbying and stronger security arrangements. We need to ask a more searching question: What are we doing to make the next generation want to be Jewish?

Supporters watch election results during a midterm election night watch party for Texas Democratic Senate candidate, State Rep. James Talarico at the Long Center on November 3, 2026 in Austin, Texas.

Zionism succeeded beyond its founders’ dreams - so why is it dividing Jews? - analysis

From Jewish liberation movement to contested ideology, Zionism’s meaning has changed for Jews around the world

Campus protests over Israel have brought renewed attention to Zionism, with the movement increasingly debated through the language of colonialism and national  self-determination.
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Zionism isn’t just for Jews: Casey Babb’s moral case for all people - review

Casey Babb makes the case for Zionism as a moral ideal rooted in Jewish history, identity, and self-determination

Casey Babb's 'The Moral Case for Zionism' book cover.
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Israel’s electoral system is over 100 years old - is it time to let voters choose their own MKs?

Could changing how voters choose their representatives make elections better suited to the country today?

Israelis vote for a party list, but have no say on Election Day over which of its candidates will ultimately represent them in the Knesset.
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Keeping Jews Jewish is not enough - we must build them - opinion

Zionism built more than a State – it built a different kind of Jew

Early Zionist pioneers sought not only to establish a Jewish homeland but to reshape Jewish life through physical labor, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.
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New blood wanted: Israeli politics needs an infusion of unpolluted leaders - opinion

I eagerly await the day, perhaps in the 2028 or 2030 elections, when the current crop of politicians will have passed – and that means everybody from Netanyahu to Lapid and Gafni.

Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

The awakening: Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about more than borders - opinion

For decades, a simple explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took hold across broad segments of Israel’s Left and Center: at its core, the conflict was territorial.

The flags of Israel and Palestine are seen on a map of the Middle East (illustrative)

Tisha B'Av calls on Israel to restore its culture of responsibility - opinion

A healthy society should possess a moral fragrance. Its values should be detectable not only in its speeches and symbols, but in its streets, offices, schools, hospitals, and homes. 

The western wall male side on Tisha B'av, 2018