Reflections on the year that was

There’s a brand new documentary about women in the Knesset. Should we be surprised that sexism is still alive and well in 2022?

Benjamin Netanyahu promises ultra-Orthodox politicians, in exchange for their support, to fully-fund Haredi schools no matter what they do and do not teach. Is that unhinged and irresponsible?

The head of Israel’s hottest new political party is a TikTok celeb too young to be elected to the Knesset. What gives?

Is it wrong for a high school principal to let ultra-nationalist MK Itamar Ben Gvir give a speech to her kids?

A little from Column A, a little from Column B: What does the “National Unity Party” candidate list tell us about what the party stands for?

Do party primaries pick better Knesset candidates than the more autocratic alternatives?

What, if anything, do the primaries in the Religious Zionism party say about, well, religious Zionism?

Did the Meretz party primaries just send the party back to the future?

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says, in Berlin, dumb*ssedly, that Israel has perpetrated “fifty Holocausts.” What, if anything, do we learn from that about the man and the government he represents?