Labor’s Battle Royal
The deadline to register as a candidate to head the Labor Party into the next elections recently passed, leaving a whopping nine faces in the running.
Read MoreThe deadline to register as a candidate to head the Labor Party into the next elections recently passed, leaving a whopping nine faces in the running.
Read MoreThe annual torch lighting ceremony on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem is the oldest formal Independence Day tradition, dating back to the very first Mt. Herzl ceremony in 1950.
Read MoreThis past week, Israelis watched in horror as MKs and bereaved families descended into name-calling over the government’s conduct during the 2014 Gaza war.
Read MoreIsraelis stand aghast each year at the sight of Ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel ignoring, and sometimes mocking Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Read MoreMK Dov Khenin’s answer to the rise of the global right is to create a grand coalition of all the liberals, socialists and communists who find the shift horrifying.
Read MorePalestinian leader and convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti is leading a massive hunger strike and sparked controversy over a NYT op-ed.
Read MoreMalcom Gladwell is critical of American political satire but thinks that Israeli satire has a much greater political impact because it is more vicious and courageous.
Read MoreA group called “The Social Guard” published its biannual ranking of MKs according to how much they advance “social values.”
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Living Together and Apart
The Jewish People Policy Institute conducted a poll which found that almost two-thirds of Israeli Jews do not want Palestinians in their neighborhoods, and nearly vice versa.
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