Knesset Member declares from podium: “I believe in the Messiah”

Despite self-identifying as non-religious , her address praised the “messianic” manifestations appearing among the IDF in Gaza.
Saving Israel’s Arabs, Despite Themselves

Ze’ev Jabotinsky wrote in a 1926 pamphlet that after the establishment of the Jewish state, “a considerable Arab population always will remain … if things fare badly for this group of inhabitants, the entire country will fare badly.”
Golda Meir Would Agree with Netanyahu on this One

Helen Mirren is a wonderful actress, but her claim that she understands Golda’s “world” or the contemporary debate about Israel’s Supreme Court is pure bunk.
Israel’s Shadowy Constitution

Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, is undergoing a constitutional crisis.
Kudos to ‘The Wall Street Journal’ for Demonstrating Integrity About Israeli Democracy

The WSJ editorial board has a more positive take on the resilience and future of the Jewish state than the protesters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
An Israel Prize Laureate’s Anti-Government Stance Reveals a Sinister View of the Jewish State

Professor Asa Kasher, author of the IDF’s Code of Conduct, inadvertently did more to explain the victory of the right than most of its own champions.
Knesset Committee discusses whether a new minister will be appointed for the Third Temple

During a discussion in a Knesset committee concerning a new law, a question was raised about its application after the construction of the Third Temple. Though the suggestion was in jest and generated light-hearted banter, most of the opposition to the law came from the religious MKs while many of the non-religious lawmakers said they […]
Is Alan Dershowitz Right to Warn Against the ‘Override Clause’?

Unlike Israel’s agenda-driven cynics, the world-renowned attorney has at least proven trustworthy where his views on the Jewish state are concerned, even if one disagrees with some of them.
The False ‘Holon-Hebron’ Parallel Promoted by Israeli Progressives and Other Sore Losers

The “anyone but Bibi” crowd never lets the inconvenient truth that the spike in violence cannot be attributed to the incoming government disrupt its narrative. And Transportation Merav Michaeli is a queen bee of chutzpah on this score.
No, the ‘Override Clause’ Won’t ‘Crush’ Israeli Democracy

Renowned pundit Gadi Taub makes a compelling case for the contentious aim of the incoming coalition to reduce the Supreme Court’s self-invested power to rule against laws enacted by the Knesset.