Observation ·
Israel’s Attack on Iran Is Reshaping the Middle East
By Jonathan Silver, Elliott Abrams, Amiad Cohen, Assaf Orion, John SpencerOperation Rising Lion.
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The Policies of October 6 Kept Israel Safe—Until They Didn’t
By Shany MorCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Israel’s Mistake Was Viewing Hamas as a Minor Nuisance
By Amnon LordCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
The Peace Process Failed, but Its Bad Assumptions Live On
By Gadi TaubCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Maintaining the Status Quo Is a Choice
By Rafi DeMoggeCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Yes, Bad Policies Paved the Way to October 7. But What If They Were the Only Policies Available?
By Evelyn GordonCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
The Failed Concepts That Brought Israel to October 7
By Shany MorHow four interlocking ways of thinking combined to leave the Jewish state at the mercy of its enemies.
Monthly Essay ·
How Israelis Probe Their Failings
By Scott AbramsonSince its birth, the Jewish state has convened unusually powerful commissions to investigate its own mistakes. Will the same happen now, and if not, why?
Observation ·
Netanyahu: The Figures Who Formed Him, and the Duties of Jewish Leadership
By Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Taub, Neil RogachevskyA new interview, published in English here for the first time, reveals the political tradition at work in the Israeli leader's thinking.
Response ·
Why Israel Needs a Better Political Class
By Evelyn GordonCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
How Israel’s Ministers, and Not its Civil Servants, Made the Tough Decisions that Grew the Economy
By Yechiel LeiterCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
Israel’s Deep State Is Undemocratic, Unaccountable, and Completely Indispensable
By Haviv Rettig GurHow does Israel keep functioning despite constant political turmoil? Meet the opaque group of unelected bureaucrats that the country’s politicians rely on to save it from themselves.
Observation ·
Spare Your People a Fourth Election, O Israel, and Form a Minority Government
By Neil RogachevskyThree elections having led to inconclusive results, a fourth now looms. There's another, smarter, more representative way.
Response ·
Is Israel a House Divided?
By Haviv Rettig GurCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
How and Why Israelis Vote
By Haviv Rettig GurA primer on the state of play of Israeli politics, how Israel’s electoral system shapes (and warps) priorities, and why Netanyahu has reason to be worried about his new rival.
Observation ·
A First Draft of the Life of Benjamin Netanyahu
By Neil RogachevskyA new biography compels the thought that the prime minister's alienation from opinions held dear by the Israeli elite—and by his biographer—has been one of the secrets of his success.
Observation ·
Will Israel’s Natural-Gas Fields Ever Get Developed?
By Arthur HermanTens of trillions of cubic feet of gas lie waiting offshore, with the potential to transform the world’s energy map and perhaps even stabilize the Middle East.
Response ·
A New Israeli Consensus
By Neil RogachevskyCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
Can Israel Unite?
By Edward GrossmanIn Iran’s nuclear program, Israel faces a threat like never before. Can a divided nation pull together in time to confront it?
Observation ·
A Letter to My Liberal Jewish Friends
By Michael DoranThe president’s address last week to Congregation Adas Israel as “an honorary member of the tribe” was something other than it seemed.
Monthly Essay ·
Obama’s Secret Iran Strategy
By Michael DoranThe president has long been criticized for his lack of strategic vision. But what if a strategy, centered on Iran, has been in place from the start and consistently followed to this day?
Observation ·
The Silent Partnership
By Michael DoranHow the president has exploited the international campaign against IS in order to accommodate Iran.
Monthly Essay ·
Israel’s Big Mistake
By Yoav SorekHow my countrymen gave up the hope for real peace, and how they can get it back.
Response ·
What Would Ben-Gurion Do
By Michael DoranCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
