Opinion

The Bennett-Lapid merger aims to unify the opposition, but could push some right-wing voters back toward Netanyahu.

Can Naftali Bennett break Netanyahu’s bloc and lead Israel, or is the hope of a Magyar-style political reset in Israel still an illusion?

Israel enjoys strong backing in US policy circles, but public and generational support is steadily eroding.

The alliance that Bennett and Lapid unveiled this week is young and might well fail the way so many others have before it. But two things can already be said in its favor.

The Bennett–Lapid alliance highlights Israel’s fixation on politics over policy, and the need for a reset.

New party, old reality: Israel’s elections still revolve around blocs and the question of Netanyahu.

The cultural tide has turned harder than the political class wants to admit, and it has turned in a direction Bennett’s new vehicle was not built to ride.

Study after study has warned that prolonged instability, trauma, isolation, and disrupted schooling harm children’s mental health, weaken belonging, and can surface in violence.

Israel has conducted numerous military incursions into Lebanon, but Hezbollah remains a threat.

Orthodox institutions have long grappled with the distance between the ideals a teacher preaches and the life he actually leads.