We discuss a remarkable new Brookings Institute Policy Brief called “Is Israel in Democratic Decline?” with one of its co-writers Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud.

The Likud has led Israel for 30 of the past 42 years, and more are ahead. What reason does an Israeli leftist have to get out of bed?

Given the alternative, is a coalition of the center and the Likud really such a bad idea after all?

The votes are counted. What the hell just happened?

Why does Israel’s Right hold the patent on pride, and our Left on shame?

After three intensive months of campaign, we look back and wonder, what the f*ck was that?

We almost stumbled into war with Gaza last week, just ahead of crucial elections. Why didn’t we?

A feminist, social-democratic party with no position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may emerge from upcoming elections as king-makers. Is that a good thing?

Bernie Sanders speaks out against “apartheid-like conditions in Palestine.” Just after we got used to millennial democrats harshly criticizing Israel, do we need also to get used to nearly octogenarian democrats harshly criticizing Israel?

U.S. President Donald Trump declares that the Golan belongs to Israel, after three decades of Israel trying to negotiate it back into Syrian hands. Will history remember this as something that matters, like PM Netanyahu says, or is it destined to be a forgotten footnote?