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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In the midst of the 2026 Israel Day Parade in New York, an unpleasant yet necessary dialogue is emerging among both Jewish and Israeli thinkers; the dialogue that addresses the…
The Israel’s reserve system has traditionally been considered the bedrock of the nation’s defense strategy. However, after almost two years of operating in a protracted multi-dimensional security situation, there are…
Recent conversations in regional and Western media have revived debate over whether Israel’s strategic room for maneuver in Washington is narrowing under the weight of Gulf diplomacy and evolving US…
An intelligence agency is usually judged by what it reveals only decades later. But in Israel’s case today, the debate is widely about what is being revealed in real time:…