What the Iran Deal Means for Israel
There are two starkly contrasting ways to understand the Iran deal currently being negotiated. On one hand, it can be seen as a disappointment that failed to live up to…
The Canadian Test: Can Liberal Democracies Still Protect Their Jews?
The reputation that Canada maintains as one of the world’s most tolerant and multicultural countries has been established for a very long time. For many years, Canadians have enjoyed being…
The Risks of Pakistan’s Diplomatic Rise for Israel
For years, Pakistan occupied a relatively limited role in Middle Eastern diplomacy. It was an important Muslim-majority state, a nuclear power, and a key player in South Asian politics, but…
When Power Overrides Principle: What the Rabello Affair Reveals About Israel’s Institutional Strain
In Israel’s highly charged political environment, controversies often rise and fall quickly, absorbed into the next cycle of security developments, coalition bargaining, or judicial confrontation. Yet some episodes matter less…
The Torah Law and the Future of National Cohesion
The controversy surrounding the proposed Basic Law: Torah Study is not merely another dispute over military conscription or coalition politics. It represents one of the most consequential debates in Israel’s…
Israel’s Security Cannot Be Missile-Only
Modern Israel’s doctrine of security relies increasingly on what it can intercept, destroy, or deter from the sky. Missile launches are monitored in real time, unmanned aircrafts are intercepted in…
Hezbollah’s Drone Campaign and Israel’s Evolving Security Equation
Throughout history, Israel has prided itself on being an innovator in technology in the realm of defense. With precision guided missiles, intelligence networks, defense systems, and aerial superiority, Israel was…
Why Europe’s Sanctions on Settlers Miss the Point
France’s reported effort to coordinate national sanctions against “violent” Israeli settlers marks another escalation in Europe’s increasingly direct involvement in Israel’s internal political and territorial disputes. While presented as a…
A Fraying Consensus: What the Latest Poll Reveals About Israel
The most striking finding in the latest Israel Democracy Institute survey is not simply that most Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step aside. It is the convergence of…
Israel’s Freedom of Action Is Becoming the Next Battlefield
A missile barrage can be intercepted in minutes. A strategic constraint can take years to reverse. That is why growing concerns within Israel’s defense establishment extend far beyond the latest…
Israel’s Haredi Crisis and the State’s Strategic Resilience
Once again Israel faces the challenge of a well-known yet growingly perilous contradiction, which consists of a society founded on a spirit of shared social responsibility being torn apart by…
The Commercialization of Fear: Antisemitism, Real Estate, and the New Diaspora Economy
A real estate fair in New York would normally be of limited interest to Israelis. But when that fair is used to sell Jerusalem apartments to American Jews amid open…