Why is Israel Going to Pot?
One would think that with the COVID-19 outbreak now lurching out of control—not to mention never-ending security threats—a move to inflict upon itself the dire risks to public health and social order from normalizing cannabis use would be dismissed out of hand as crazy beyond belief.
The Honeymoon is Over
The discord in Israel’s unity government is growing louder by the minute, and it seems no one is wary of publicly contemplating the possibility of elections.
The Debate Over the Future of the Territories
Why is the fate of the West Bank such a charged issue?
Judicial Overreach and the Israeli Sovereignty Imperative
Excessive intervention by the courts into what is seen as the purview of the legislature is likely to have some unintended consequences: Energizing the drive to extend Israeli sovereignty over Judea-Samaria—and sparking far-reaching judicial reform.
Israeli Supreme Court Reverses Land Decision in Midst of Sovereignty Debate
The move is seen by some segments of the country as overreach and hypocritical, and proved an issue in the year-long elections in the Jewish state.
Behar-Bechukotai: Jews Living Outside Eretz Yisrael?
And, that’s exactly the condition the Jewish people found Eretz Yisrael in, when they started returning in the mid-19th century, a desolate and barren land.
Judicial Overreach: Are the Chickens Coming Home to Roost?
The belief that the law is being used (or rather, abused) as a weapon to advance a political doctrine that has failed to win support at the polls has taken root across diverse segments of Israeli society.
Israel’s Unity Government may Prove a Constitutional Time Bomb
The deal involved changes to Basic Laws that may have been necessary in these political circumstances. But any country tinkers with longstanding constitutional arrangements at its own peril.
Let us Remember what the Survivors are Unable to Forget
Yom Hashoah is a day when aging survivors—many of whom are widowed or have no offspring—have the opportunity to be honored and, above all, heard.
Netanyahu and the ‘Art of the Possible’
What once seemed his best option may, in fact, be his worst.
