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PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS in the West Bank, last month. Israel’s establishment media exacerbates the problem, consistently amplifying voices that urge Israel to capitulate, the writer points out.

Israel’s deep-state problem: Undermining Bibi and preventing victory

Dan Meridor.

At the table with Dan Meridor: Ex-lawmaker talks Zionism, public service

By GREER FAY CASHMAN , ERICA SCHACHNE

A combination picture shows Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump gesturing during a rally with his vice presidential running mate US Senator JD Vance in Minnesota, US, July 27, 2024, and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking as

2024 US presidential elections: What happens if Trump, Harris tie?

NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a committee meeting in the Knesset.

Under the cover of war, the current gov't destroys Israel’s democratic systems

By OFER DAGAN

Illustrative photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara in front of the Knesset building.

Israel's decision allowing PM to pick public service czar is illegal, A-G tells High Court

By ELIAV BREUER

Jewish Americans and supporters of Israel gather in solidarity with Israel and protest against antisemitism, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, U.S, November 14, 2023

Top Conservative rabbi to 'Post': This is how US Jews can keep hope alive for Israel

By ELLIOT COSGROVE

Yearly average levels of trust in all institutions as a whole, compared with overall multi-year average

Israeli, US gov'ts ignore that they have lost the trust of the public

By SHLOMO MAITAL

MK SIMCHA ROTHMAN, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee: Recognizing the magnitude of the challenge, his committee convened last month to discuss the issues surrounding the US sanctions, the writer notes.

Biden’s EO 14115: A threat to Israeli sovereignty and civil rights

By NAOMI LINDER KAHN

A combination picture shows Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump gesturing during a rally with his vice presidential running mate US Senator JD Vance in Minnesota, US, July 27, 2024, and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking as

Donald Trump wants equality for Americans, Kamala Harris does not

By WALTER BINGHAM

JAMAL KHASHOGGI WAY is unveiled outside the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, in honor of murdered Saudi-born journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in 2022.

Democratic terrorism: Jamal Khashoggi's vision of political Islam

By YESHAYA ROSENMAN

Clarens Renois, Haitian presidential candidate.

'We need to create a Middle class': Clarens Renois shares vision to save Haiti from gangs

By MORDECHAI BECK

Protesters wave Israeli flags outside the Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli Military Police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

Sde Teiman riots: Threatening the checks and balances key to our survival

By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

‘THE MONK and the Gun’ – a political satire with a deeper meaning.

'The Monk and the Gun': A look at culture clash in Bhutan's democratic transition

By HANNAH BROWN

Yair Golan facing the crowd before his speech following the vote to merge Meretz and Labor parties

With an overwhelming majority, Meretz and Labor approve merge, becoming the Democrats

(L-R) Benjamin Netanyahu; Itamar Ben-Gvir

Right-wing voters already marking Ben-Gvir as Netanyahu's potential successor

By MOSHE COHEN

A PROTESTER waves a Palestinian flag at a rally outside MIT’s Stata Center in May in Cambridge, Massachusetts. American and European institutes of higher learning harbor academics who promote the West as a sinful civilization, says the writer.

For Western students, Israel is a code word for US imperialism

By MICHAEL PARTEM

ONE HEART civilian response volunteers, in cooperation with the Golan Regional Council, provide food, clothing, and other necessities for evacuees and reserve soldiers in the North, in mid-October, at the beginning of the war.

The Torah sets a blueprint for the importance of 'bottom-up democracy' - opinion

By LEO DEE

How might Judaism influence and shape democracy, either in Israel or in the US?

When stakes are high, Judaism doesn’t place all responsibility on a single charismatic leader

By Rabbi Justus Baird/JTA