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Uncultured Cynicism

Last week’s flip-flop veto by Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel’s participation in Creative Europe is a hard, vengeful and superfluous blow to Israel’s culture industry.

Zvi Bar'el

Down With Occupation, Viva Apartheid

Iris Leal

A Dark Horse, Painted White

Ravit Hecht

Gantz’s Plus, Lapid’s Minus

Noa Landau

Bennett's Veto Is a Hypocritical Shot in the Foot of Israeli Culture

Gideon Levy

Gaza’s Children Can Only Dream of What Yair Lapid's Daughter Has

The just-not-Bibi Camp Needs Bibi

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Israeli border police block members of "Lahava", a Jewish extremist group, in Jerusalem, April 2021.

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The Police Commissioner Is Right, Blame the Internet Administrator

Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman in June.

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Israel's Inflation-busting Ministers Should Be 'Men of the Year'

Uri and Wayi.

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Wayi and Uri Would Never Meet Today

A decade ago, then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu campaigned against a deal with Iran to halt its nuclear progress. His political opposition is still pandering to that failed policy

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Why Iran Won't Save Netanyahu

Members of the ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities protest before a Board of Regents meeting, outside the New York State Education Department Building in Albany, N.Y. Men wearing black can be seen standing with posters that read, "We will sit in jail rather than change our children's education."

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New York's ultra-Orthodox Schools: A Story of Big Money, Lobbyists and Political Power

Palestinian demonstrators protesting the arrest of two Palestinian militants clash with Palestinian security forces, in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

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Israel Wants Another Intifada

Illustration: An online therapy session.

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Are You in Therapy?

Netanyahu, today in court.

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The Rules for a Unity Government

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a Jerusalem court earlier this year.

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The Great Surrender Is Underway

Political power is not given, it is taken. If ever there was a more critical political moment for Israeli Arabs to rightly claim representation and power, then this is it

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How Israel's Arabs Can Take Power

ICYMI

Ken Burns’ Brilliant ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ Has Only One Problem

Facing Rapid Rise in Sea Levels, Israel Could Lose Large Parts of Its Coastline by 2050

As Israel Reins in Its Cyberarms Industry, an Ex-intel Officer Is Building a New Empire

How the Queen’s Death Changes British Jewry’s Most Distinctive Prayer

Chile Community Leaders 'Horrified' by Treatment of Israeli Envoy

Over 120 Countries, but Never Israel: Queen Elizabeth II's Unofficial Boycott

What Did Elizabeth Really Think of Her Jewish Subjects?

Meet the Berlin Cantor Who Says Germany Has Too Many Jews

Did the Mossad Chief Just Mark Iran's Supreme Leader as a Target?

Why So Many Young Israelis Adore This Racist Politician

Monumental Ancient Structure in Central Israel Isn’t a Synagogue After All

Why Ken Burns' New Holocaust Series Is 'The Most Important Work' of His Career

In Newly Released Reagan Records, a Thwarted Peace Plan Leads to Intifada

From Nixon to Netanyahu: Political Genius Arthur Finkelstein Lived a Double Life

Hezbollah or the Bank: Who Will Rule Lebanon?

The Strange Story of 'King Solomon’s Throne’ Found in Jerusalem

How Ukraine Pushed Russia Back 50 Kilometers in Three Days

What Historical Mossad Files Reveal About 'Israel's Most Planned War'