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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the Tel Aviv District Court last week. The courtroom has become a battlefield of competing visions for the nation’s future, the writer maintains.

Netanyahu’s trial is Israel's trial

By YARON SCHWARTZ
 Israelis protest against the government’s proposed judicial reforms in Tel Aviv on February 4.

Israel's democracy is under threat, a majority of Israelis say

 MOHAMMED AL-BASHIR, the appointed caretaker Syrian prime minister, grants a media interview in Damascus, last week.

Syria’s lost democrats were overshadowed by the rise of extremist groups

SOUTH KOREAN President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation from the Presidential Office in Seoul last Thursday.

Democracy, liberty, and states of emergency: Five lessons from South Korea

By NADAV DAGAN
Haaretz newspaper on a shelf alongside The New York Times

Can Israel navigate dissenting voices without undermining democracy?

 BRITISH PRIME Minister Keir Starmer attends the G20 Summit in Rio De Janeiro, last week. The UK, one of the symbols of democracy, may be the country that touches off global disappointment with the democratic system, says the writer.

2024 was undoubtedly a historic election year

By URIEL LYNN
 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

By AVI ABELOW
 Dan Meridor.

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

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

 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

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

 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