Vladimir Putin’s Trip to the Middle East Is a Show of Weakness, Not Strength
The war in Ukraine has caused economic woes, while undermining faith in Russian arms.
July 21, 2022
The Meretz Primaries and the Crisis of the Israeli Left
From peaceniks to Israel haters.
With Israel’s general elections taking place in November, Zehava Galon has announced her candidacy for the leadership of the far-left Meretz party, a position she had held for five years before withdrawing from politics in 2018. The party that she is returning to, explains Ben-Dror Yemini, now faces a difficult choice: will it revert to being the party of the Zionist left, committed to Israel as a Jewish state while advocating territorial concessions, or will it be the party of those proclaiming Israel an “apartheid regime”? Yemini writes:
July 21, 2022
The Meretz Primaries and the Crisis of the Israeli Left
From peaceniks to Israel haters.
How Israeli Technology Transformed an Inhospitable Strip of Desert into an Agricultural Powerhouse
Making the Arava bloom.
Archaeologists Find an Ancient Mikveh Used by the Jerusalem Elite
Just next to the Western Wall.
An Up-Close Look at Columbia University’s Judaica Treasures
A virtual tour.