Deputy Prime Minister Ofir Kunis is the latest Likud politician to reject the idea of a Palestinian state, stating in an interview that...

A recent survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reports that up to a 33% of Jewish people personally...

So much for the election gurus…  I wonder if they have a refund policy. As soon as the election was announced both Shelly Yachimovich and...

Beware clean-cut military heroes, come high-tech millionaires, wearing kippot, espousing Jewish values! Naphtali Bennett is surely the...

“I am a Zionist”, I replied to an Israeli friend in answer to the question, “why do you live in Israel?” “So you’re right-wing”, was then...

The forces of darkness are gathering, but this time not in Middle Earth, rather right here and right now.  A dark fog is engulfing the...

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, then… well… apparently it’s still not a duck. Or so it would seem...

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and...

The government is clearly worried and as such has decided to use violence in order to curb descent, as well as the right to protest. ...

With mayhem and chaos raging throughout the Middle East, today Israel floats like a rudderless ship heading for stormy seas and...

And so it begins…  Tonight the movement or movements for social justice awoke from their slumber, signaling the end of the winter...

As practiced in Israel, politics is the surely lowest form of self-interest and aggrandisement, but when used by an artist, becomes and...

Once more reality bites with a vengeance as the security and diplomatic realities of our region take centre stage, with the struggle for...

First Published in the Jerusalem Post on July 6th 2011 OK, let’s get the disclaimer out the way. I am an adviser to Isaac “Bougie” Herzog...

Israelis are pissed off.  they are angry that the price of their beloved staple, cottage cheese has been raised yet once more. ...

A great article, published with Jeff’s permission. By JEFF BARAK  05/01/2011 If Labor is to return to a position of influence, it will...

Last Friday I attended a conference hosted  by Peace Now at the ZOA building in Tel Aviv.  I like the idea of a left-wing conference held...

In 1989 the fall of the Berlin Wall, leading to the ultimate fall of communism in Europe, came as a complete surprise to the intelligence...

A thought for the National left... Some say a people gets the government it deserves. That is a scary thought in today's Israel. Do we...

I wonder what left and right mean in Israel today and in fact if the terms are still relevant. I define myself as a pragmatic Zionist....