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Unsettling

Settlers peaceably evacuate a wildcat West-Bank outpost in a compromise that may lead, someday, to their return. What does the compromise say about Israel’s new government?

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Dudu, I Have a Feeling We’re Not in Kfar Saba Anymore

An Israeli goes to explore the strange worlds of American Jews, like Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver in Lilliput, and Dorothy in Oz. But does what he learn say more about Israel than it does about the United States?

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My Grandfather, the Zionist

A grandson looks at his Zionist late-grandfather and wonders how he missed all that is wrong about Israel. But is the grandson missing something, too?

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A Brook of One’s Own?

The Parks Authority wants to set aside times when brooks, streams, rivers and lakes are open only to women bathers, or only to men bathers. But is that cool?

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Deunification by Reunification

Only a week passed before Israel’s new government came up against a controversy that threatens to blow it apart, over whether Palestinians who marry Israeli citizens should automatically get citizenship. What should MKs do when politics demands something their conscience cannot allow?

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My Way or Norway?

The “Norwegian Law” lets ministers resign from the Knesset and get replaced by party cronies. Is that corrupt cronyism, or just good government?

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Bye Bye Bibi Bye Bye

Benjamin Netanyahu dominated Israeli politics for a dozen years. What legacy did he leave?

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