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Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 4, 2018, 7:31 AM

Netanyahu will form a new majority government without new elections

When the new draft law will become law, some (but not all) religious parties will bolt the government and Yesh Atid will fill up the seats needed for a new majority reign of Netanyahu. Great possibilities will open up for...

Sivan Rahav Meir

Jul 1, 2018, 9:22 AM

Ron Dermer speaks

Friday night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem. The important diplomatic meeting with Netanyahu had wound up a few hours ago. Trump's two envoys, Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt travelled to Herzliya to spend Shabbat with US Ambassador...

Jun 30, 2018, 12:51 AM

Empathy must conquer fear

No battles are as fierce as the ones fought between brothers. I speak not of the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but of the rifts between right and left in Israel, and between Israeli and Diaspora Jews. Outsiders seldom...

Jun 28, 2018, 4:04 PM

Historical Truth Should not be a Political Bargaining Chip

It seems that negotiations with Israel and pressure from international organizations have paid off: Poland is “softening” its sixth-month old “Holocaust Law”, which criminalizes accusing the Polish nation of complicity in the Nazi crimes, mainly by tossing out the...

Arnold D. Samlan

Jun 27, 2018, 12:34 AM

Solving the Death of the Center and Moderates (using Talmud Study)

I know I’m a political moderate because I get criticized by both those to the left and those to the right. Sadly, in the world in which we live, the word “moderate” is viewed negatively by liberals and conservatives...

Jun 22, 2018, 7:00 PM

OK. What’s Next in Our News?

Tuesday’s news told the bitter story of a promising Israeli politician and physician (another Ahmed Tibi?) who betrayed his birth land by revealing secret information to our Iranian enemies in revenge for what he alleges Israel had done to...

Jun 20, 2018, 9:14 PM

A Better Understanding of ‘Startup India’ Can Help Israeli Startups

Despite the leadership encouragement on both sides most of the Israeli startups are reluctant to join hands with ‘Startup India’ and the Indian Startups are not craving for Israeli collaboration too because there are a plenty of alternatives available...

Jun 19, 2018, 1:27 PM

Now is the time to play the Holocaust card

In this photo taken on January 4, 2017 US Border Patrol agents take Central American immigrants into custody near McAllen, Texas. (AFP PHOTO / GETTY / JOHN MOORE)

A time when children are torn from their parents is the right time for comparisons to the darkest history

Jun 12, 2018, 3:49 PM

North Korea: Why it’s a global game changer

For some years now I have been telling anyone who might listen – and they have been precious few – that the tectonic plates are shifting. Europe and European civilization is waning on the express track. Childless societies dependent...

Jun 7, 2018, 8:14 PM

Why is Israel Hugging Hungarian Strongman Viktor Orban?

In recent months, we have witnessed a strange and disturbing phenomenon: Israel’s top officials, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu down, going out of their way to embrace Hungary’s authoritarian strongman, Viktor Orban, a man whose party has used clear...

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