Israel’s New Spymaster and the Crucible of Israeli Politics
Netanyahu is trying to gain control over foreign policy.
January 8, 2016
Israel’s New Spymaster and the Crucible of Israeli Politics
Netanyahu is trying to gain control over foreign policy.
Last month, Benjamin Netanyahu announced his choice of Yossi Cohen—the sitting national-security adviser and a former deputy chief of the Mossad—as that organization’s new head. It was in many ways a natural choice. However, writes Haviv Rettig Gur, the way Cohen came to the position, and the fanfare around the unprecedentedly public announcement of his appointment, must be seen as products of Israeli party politics, the current state of Israeli public opinion, and the prime minister’s consequent effort to reshape the executive branch:
January 8, 2016
Israel’s NGO Bill Protects, Rather than Threatens, Democracy
In fact, it’s very similar to U.S. legislation.
Herman Wouk at One-Hundred: The White Sheep of American Jewish Literature
The rare writer focused on success rather than dysfunction.
Does Neuroscience Disprove the Existence of the Mind?
Looking to Aristotle for answers.
Evangelical Support for Israel Is Not Limited to the U.S.
It may have already played a role in some countries’ orientation toward Israel.