Why Chomesh? What is so special about Chomesh?
Chomesh in the news: They take it down. A yeshiva goes up. They take it down. They put it up again. And they threaten to take it back down again. The operations against the...
Israel Diaries Blog
Jerusalem Day 2022: One Day — Two Publications
I am proud to have begun writing for TPS, an Israeli news service from which news websites around the world can pick up and publish articles. I am curious about what you think. This...
What Really Happened at Shireen Abu-Akleh’s Funeral and Why
Here is the inflamatory video from Shireen Abu-Akleh’s funeral that has the world up in arms (once more) against Israel. Watch the video and then read below to know what you are really seeing....
Firing Area 918: This is good news, but will it make a difference?
On May 4, the day before Israel’s 74th Independence Day (Yom Haatzma’ut), the Supreme Court handed down a decision in a case that has long been awaited: the legality or illegality of the closure...
Alternative Memorial Ceremonies and Peace Clocks: Fantastic Future?
I hope the attendees at the 2022 Alternative Palestinian-Israeli Conjoint Memorial Ceremony finally noticed what I noticed. In advance of the event, JNS published two excellent articles that brought out important issues with respect...
Education Reform: A Leftist Plot?
Education Minister Yifat Shasha Biton proudly announced that she has embarked upon a process of reform for the educational system. She calls it a revolution. In her Facebook post she exclaims: Education reform —...
Bennett and the Dream: A Letter to Bennett Detractors
There are promises and there are other promises. You point out, with rage, all the promises Bennett made that he is not keeping. These include electoral promises not to sit with Meretz or an...
Poor Mansour Abbas: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Or: Keeping colleagues from shooting themselves in the foot MK Mansour Abbas, head of Ra’am, the first Arab party to ever enter an Israeli coalition government as an equal partner, set out to accomplish...
So you want to crash the Bennett-Lapid-Ra’am Coalition…..be Careful!
What is behind the growing pressure on Yamina and the party’s remaining loyal members to get behind calls to bring down the coalition? Who is afraid of Ra’am? Israel is at a crucial juncture...
