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 1839, as he sought the presidential nomination, the venerable US politician and Senator from Kentucky Henry Clay famously declared...

Is it just me or what? I mean what the hell where they thinking?  Which one of our esteemed leaders thought that dropping a few of our...

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....

The male ego is a fragile entity, which requires massaging on a regular basis. But what happens when the male ego endangers the national...

The military figures prominently in Israeli society, some say too prominently and well, there is certainly a debate to be had on that...

Today I took my children to school for the opening of the school year. Loaded down with new books for the year there is no way they could...

Jews and Arabs should live separately! Religious Jews and secular Jews should also live separately! Women should not serve in the Army!...

Benjamin Franklin apparently suggested that "one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different...

According to the Irish political philosopher Edmund Burke, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing"....

As a kid, I remember playing football in the street with friends. This was a staple of the long summer break. In those days there were...

It is apparent that the rule of law in the “only democracy” in the Middle East is under threat. Hardly surprising some may say, when we...

When will we realise that the time has come to stop the rot. As things look at the moment it would appear that we will wait until it is...

The only democracy in the Middle East goes to the polls today. What a wonderful example to its neighbours in the region, democracy in...

Yesterday, the Central Election Committee (CEC), made up of member of the Knesset from the major parties; banned both Arab parties, Balad...