There are signs of a new openness to cooperation between Jews and Arabs on the Israeli Left. But are these signals a fundamental change or just more election posturing?

A week after we buried another Ethiopian kid killed by a police officer, the eleventh in two decades, what accounts for our omnipresent racism? As Tolstoy never said, “Every racist society is racist in its own way.” What is our way of being racist?

What, if anything, ought to be done about the woes of southern resort city Eilat?

Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked aspires to lead Israel’s religious right, even though she’s as secular as can be. Must you be religious to be religious?

Can hummus play a role in finding regional peace? A new book that asserts that it might!

Ten years have passed since PM Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed a Palestinian state in his famous “Bar Ilan Speech.” Did that speech have an enduring impact on Israeli politics, or was it just a thing that happened long ago and then dissipated into the fetid vapors of time?

Israel’s Left recombobulates itself by returning to yesterday’s leaders, all of whom are men. What explains this sudden lurch to the Father-Knows-Best ghosts-of-politics past?

Tel Aviv will soon have only one movie theater, down from more than 50. Why are pictures leaving the city and what, if anything, can be done about it?

The Trump administration unveils its long awaited plan to enrich the Palestinian economy. Is it a Marshall Plan for our generation, or a Marie Antoinette-ish bit of Let-them-eat-cake-ism?

The Blue & White party are facing a dilemma: Should they attack the ultra-Orthodox, whom they may want as coalition partners after the election? What should Blue & White say about the men in black?