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Trump is Making the Gaza Crisis Even Worse

The Trump administration continues to do nothing to help improve the situation in Gaza -- and, in fact, has deliberately...

The Two-Way Street: Elul D’var Torah for J Street

We all have a stake in the future of Israel and of America, not only for the sake of their...

Word on the Street: The Nation-State Bill

This month, the Netanyahu government passed major legislation designed to minimize the rights of minorities and undercut the country’s status...

Israel Rolls Out Red Carpet for Hungarian Leader

Israel is giving a fulsome welcome to visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who used an anti-Semitic poster campaign to...

The Two-Way Street: Some Thoughts for the Upcoming 9th of Av

Despite what some government officials might claim, we are Israel’s truest friends, not the fawning evangelicals. We, the troublesome, critical,...

Israelis Warn of Threats to their Democracy

 Israel’s democratic character has come under threat from its own government in recent years. A variety of Israelis, including former...

Neo-Nazis Look for New Home in Trump’s Republican Party

During his presidential campaign, Trump used clear anti-Semitic tropes and dog whistles. Both as a candidate and since 2017 as...

The Gaza Strip – The Third Way

Fifty years ago, there was a wall-to-wall consensus -- the only area for which there were no doubts -- that...

A letter to my friends in the village of Kfar Adumim

Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor pens a letter to his fellow residents in the West Bank...