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Israeli politics

Latest Mosaic Content for Israeli politics

  1. Response ·

    Benjamin Netanyahu Deserves Credit for Israel’s Stunning Triumph—and for Its Stunning Failures

    By Shany Mor

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Benjamin Netanyahu Deserves Credit for Israel’s Stunning Triumph—and for Its Stunning Failures
  2. Observation ·

    Everyone Loves Calling Israeli Politicians “Messianic.” Why?

    By Philologos

    The historical roots of Israelis’ favorite political epithet.

    Everyone Loves Calling Israeli Politicians “Messianic.” Why?
  3. Response ·

    Jews Living in the West Bank Didn’t Undermine Israel’s Security or Empower Hamas

    By Cole S. Aronson, Avi Bell

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Jews Living in the West Bank Didn’t Undermine Israel’s Security or Empower Hamas
  4. Monthly Essay ·

    How Israelis Probe Their Failings

    By Scott Abramson

    Since its birth, the Jewish state has convened unusually powerful commissions to investigate its own mistakes. Will the same happen now, and if not, why?

    How Israelis Probe Their Failings
  5. Observation ·

    What the Demographics of Israel’s Fallen Soldiers Reveal about the Country

    By Rafi DeMogge

    Many on the Israeli right claim that the soldiers who fight and die for the country no longer belong to the old secular elite but to a rising national-religious one. Are they correct?

    What the Demographics of Israel’s Fallen Soldiers Reveal about the Country
  6. Response ·

    The Grandchild Clause’s Seeds of Compromise

    By Yehoshua Pfeffer

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Grandchild Clause’s Seeds of Compromise
  7. Response ·

    Statistics Don’t Tell the Whole Story about Israel’s Demographics

    By Ofir Haivry

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Statistics Don’t Tell the Whole Story about Israel’s Demographics
  8. Monthly Essay ·

    The Looming War Over Israel’s Law of Return

    By Rafi DeMogge

    Over the coming years, Israel's most famous law will become an object of political gamesmanship and a potential tool for demographic engineering—no matter who will be in power.

    The Looming War Over Israel’s Law of Return
  9. Monthly Essay ·

    Israel’s Judicial Reckoning

    By Evelyn Gordon

    Israel's court is abnormally powerful and has caused half the nation to lose faith in its government. Reform will help, as long as it doesn't cause the other half to do the same.

    Israel’s Judicial Reckoning
  10. Response ·

    Why Israel Needs a Better Political Class

    By Evelyn Gordon

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Why Israel Needs a Better Political Class
  11. Monthly Essay ·

    Israel’s Deep State Is Undemocratic, Unaccountable, and Completely Indispensable

    By Haviv Rettig Gur

    How 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.

    Israel’s Deep State Is Undemocratic, Unaccountable, and Completely Indispensable
  12. Observation ·

    How the Names of Israeli Political Parties Became So Jingly

    By Philologos

    It's part of a trend away from names that once projected clear identities (Workers' Party) and toward the politics of advertising (There Is a Future).

    How the Names of Israeli Political Parties Became So Jingly
  13. Monthly Essay ·

    Why All the Outrage over Israel’s Nation-State Law?

    By Moshe Koppel, Eugene Kontorovich

    The controversial new law has been reviled as “an assassination of democracy” and a subversion of the founding principles of the Jewish state. It's neither.

    Why All the Outrage over Israel’s Nation-State Law?
  14. Monthly Essay ·

    Disorder in the Court

    By Evelyn Gordon

    How Israel's supreme court has effected its own constitutional revolution—and thereby undermined public confidence in the rule of law.

    Disorder in the Court
  15. Response ·

    A New Israeli Consensus

    By Neil Rogachevsky

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    A New Israeli Consensus
  16. Observation ·

    Israel’s Imperious Judiciary

    By Moshe Koppel

    A madly intrusive justice system is one of the most potent threats the country faces. Can it be stopped?

    Israel’s Imperious Judiciary
  17. Observation ·

    The Temple Mount: In Whose Hands?

    By Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

    The reason Jews can't pray at Judaism's holiest site.

    The Temple Mount: In Whose Hands?