Israel, Politics in Israel “After years of fragmentation, Israeli society seems to be consolidating anew – fusing Jewishness and nationalism, and decidedly on the right” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 May 2019 After years of fragmentation, Israeli society seems to be consolidating anew – fusing Jewishness...
Israel, Politics in Israel Bibi “has no true ideological home, so he has made his home the Prime Minister’s Office” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 April 2019 It’s a mistake to put Netanyahu in the same category as the strongmen riding...
Israel, Politics in Israel “You can certainly keep people out of your country if you believe they are undermining it; you are playing with fire if you keep people out who disagree with you” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 March 2019 I sincerely doubt the Prime Minister of Israel is directing anyone to interrogate Peter...
America, Israel, Politics in America, Politics in Israel “There are really important arenas…where the comparisons between these two countries need to be interrogated, and where deep work has to take place in order to ensure that the two societies are not reinforcing each others’ weaknesses” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 February 2019 There are really important arenas – ideological trends like the rise of nationalism and...
Israel, Palestinians, Politics in Israel “…when pushed to explain why the much-promised two-state solution is perennially stuck, always the answer is to blame Arab obstructionism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 May 2017 Whenever the claim that Israel stole Palestinian lands is heard, Israel inevitably answers, “We...
Politics in Israel “As he did when he was first elected prime minister in 1996 (against all odds), Netanyahu has again assembled a coalition of dejected minorities…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 April 2015 As he did when he was first elected prime minister in 1996 (against all...
Israel, Politics in Israel “Much of Israel’s recent history is the gradual movement of Rabbi Maimon’s squiggle — and of other historical squiggles — from the margins of the founding Document, and the ethos it meant to enshrine, to the center” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 April 2015 God, to whom all pre-modern and even many modern Jews ascribed not only the...
Israel, Politics in Israel “It is impossible to answer “who is Israel” without examining and understanding the shared traumas that Israelis experienced in the last four years” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 April 2015 In 1993 they opened their ears to peace with PLO leader Yasser Arafat (the...
Politics in Israel “In order to win the battle for the soul of Israel, the Israeli center-left must redefine itself…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 April 2015 In order to win the battle for the soul of Israel, the Israeli center-left...
Politics in Israel “For many on the left, talk of Jewish identity provokes discomfort…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 March 2015 For many on the left, talk of Jewish identity provokes discomfort. Particular identity arouses...