Court Politics

Ira Sharkansky

Among the matters being argued by the Jews of Israel is their Supreme Court.

Haredi Draft Ruling: High Court at the Public’s Service

Ben-Dror_Yemini

Court’s decision to strike down the law allowing mass ultra-Orthodox exemptions from military service is an important milestone against political cynicism in which a minority repeatedly prevents the State of Israel from being a slightly more decent and civilized country.

Iran: See a Pattern?

Shoshana Bryen

If you have not been paying attention, the last thing you heard was that Syria had used sarin gas attack on civilians in 2013.

Overseas Jews and Israel

Ira Sharkansky

The Internet provides insight into the range of opinions expressed by overseas Jews about Israel.

Totalitarians

Jim Fletcher

PLO chieftains Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas learned well from the east German and Romanian secret police, which trained them in terror tactics, including Psyops and violence.

Wiggling

Ira Sharkansky

Wiggling may not be a central concept in the professional literature of scholars who seek to explain international relations.