“After years of fragmentation, Israeli society seems to be consolidating anew – fusing Jewishness and nationalism, and decidedly on the right”
After years of fragmentation, Israeli society seems to be consolidating anew – fusing Jewishness...
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“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”
I sincerely doubt the Prime Minister of Israel is directing anyone to interrogate Peter...
“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”
There are really important arenas – ideological trends like the rise of nationalism and...
“As he did when he was first elected prime minister in 1996 (against all odds), Netanyahu has again assembled a coalition of dejected minorities…”
As he did when he was first elected prime minister in 1996 (against all...
“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”
God, to whom all pre-modern and even many modern Jews ascribed not only the...
“It is impossible to answer “who is Israel” without examining and understanding the shared traumas that Israelis experienced in the last four years”
In 1993 they opened their ears to peace with PLO leader Yasser Arafat (the...
“In order to win the battle for the soul of Israel, the Israeli center-left must redefine itself…”
In order to win the battle for the soul of Israel, the Israeli center-left...
“For many on the left, talk of Jewish identity provokes discomfort…”
For many on the left, talk of Jewish identity provokes discomfort. Particular identity arouses...