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Déjà Whew!
The right-of-the-Likud parties just joined together, save the very-far-right, neo-Kahanist “Jewish Might” party. What’s going on out there, beyond the far reaches of the Likud?
Read MoreUnited and It Feels So Good
47 years ago, the founders of Meretz split from the Labor Party because that party was too soft on the Rabbis, too shaky on settlements, and too feeble on human rights. Labor said good riddance, because Meretz was a bunch of condescending, elitist Ashkenazim. Now the two parties have reunited for the upcoming elections. Can it work?
Read MoreWrite Makes Right?
Do we need more (or less) “activist journalism” that doesn’t just describe the world, but tries to change it?
Read MoreWhat’s the Matter with Kiryat Malachi?
A sociologist says Israeli “liberals” are the least tolerant group in the country, and folks call for his head on a pike.
Read MorePipe Dreams
Environmental activists say the government is a bunch of lying liars who lie to serve rich corporate overlords. Isn’t this just Trumpism, by another name?
Read MoreA Different Solidarity
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s decides to republish a memoir that made him cry, by an Iraqi-Israeli author about being forced out of Iraq and coming to Israel. This fragile, odd act raises the question: Is there another sort of politics that might lead to peace that we haven’t let ourselves see.
Read MoreThe Decade Surveyed
What were the most important people, events and trends of Israel’s momentous, trying, eventful past decade?
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