The Wild Card in Israel’s Elections
The whims of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
March 9, 2015
The Wild Card in Israel’s Elections
The whims of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
Israel’s constitution requires that the premiership go to the head of the party receiving not a plurality but a majority—that is, 61, of the 120 Knesset seats. Since, given the country’s fractious political system, neither Likud nor its primary rival, Zionist Union, can emerge victorious alone or even with one or two medium-sized parties, each would have to form a coalition with various smaller parties, some of which could swing right or left. But, writes Haviv Rettig Gur, there’s also another variable in the equation:
March 9, 2015
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A new book argues that Nazi anti-Semitism wasn't so different from what came before.
Why Liberal Judaism Has Failed in Israel
It offers answers to Diaspora questions, not Israeli ones.
Netanyahu, the U.S. Congress, and Jewish History
"Jews protect the world best when they best protect themselves."