Susan Hattis Rolef
Zini affair highlights the security and political costs of Gaza smuggling - opinion
Ran Gvili’s return closes a chapter, but not the wound of October 7 - opinion
Jerusalem daycare tragedy: When ideology blocks oversight, babies pay the price - opinion
How post-war world order is collapsing under the weight of new US ambitions - opinion
The post-WWII world order is crumbling as the US, Russia, and China challenge global rules and institutions.
How Israel's migration figures are liable to affect the next election results - opinion
The figures show that the number of Israelis who left Israel for in excess of nine months in the years 2023-2025 is around 211,000.
The Knesset’s decline reflects Israel’s broader political crisis - opinion
The deterioration of the Knesset is evidence of the deterioration of Israel’s liberal democratic system as a whole. Hopefully, after the next Knesset elections, this process will be reversed.
Kuban’s interview with Bardugo: When Israeli politics turns into public theater - opinion
Both men occasionally expressed discomfort and nervousness, but both had moments when they clearly spoke from the bottom of their hearts.
Tally Gotliv's emerging influence in Likud politics – opinion
MK Tally Gotliv’s unconventional style, loyal base, and clashes with Israel’s legal system make her one of Likud’s most interesting figures.
Israel must restore equality under the law or risk collapse of its liberal democracy - opinion
A danger that Israel's liberal democracy might collapse does exist, unless a change takes place in the foreseeable future in the way the state is being run.
Why does Trump want to pardon Netanyahu, would it even heal Israel's divided society? - opinion
His main motivating force seems to be his desire to stay in power at any cost, with the help of his coalition, and a policy of doing away with Israel’s liberal democracy and liberal legal system.
What the Sde Teiman affair reveals about Israel’s crisis of accountability - opinion
One of the issues of the military advocate-general affair is that we are unable or refuse to agree on what the scandal is all about.
Peace and democracy: The legacy of Yitzhak Rabin - opinion
What will remain of Rabin’s heritage will depend on whether we manage to establish stable national unity governments in the future, rather than unstable, extreme, and relatively uniform ones.
High hopes, unresolved questions: Weak optimism over Israeli politics, Gaza ceasefire - opinion
Complications on the internal Israeli front and questions about the peace plan's implementation dampen optimism.