State of Israel

Israel votes like it's 1920. Should it still?

Could changing how voters choose their representatives make elections better suited to the country today?

OCTOBER 13, 2026|ByCHANI KAPLAN

Israelis vote for a party list, but have no say on Election Day over which of its candidates will ultimately represent them in the Knesset.

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Early Zionist pioneers sought not only to establish a Jewish homeland but to reshape Jewish life through physical labor, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.

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Keeping Jews Jewish isn't enough. We must build them - opinion

Zionism built more than a State – it built a different kind of Jew

OCTOBER 13, 2026|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS

Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

New blood wanted: Israeli politics needs an infusion of unpolluted leaders - opinion

I eagerly await the day, perhaps in the 2028 or 2030 elections, when the current crop of politicians will have passed – and that means everybody from Netanyahu to Lapid and Gafni.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2026|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

The flags of Israel and Palestine are seen on a map of the Middle East (illustrative)

The awakening: Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about more than borders - opinion

For decades, a simple explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took hold across broad segments of Israel’s Left and Center: at its core, the conflict was territorial.

AUGUST 15, 2026|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT

Dr. Yossi Vardi receives Chaim Herzog Prize

The Chaim Herzog Prize is awarded individuals for their unique contributions to the State of Israel.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog (left), President Reuven Rivlin, and Dr. Yossi Vardi (right).

Remembering Herzl on his 116th yahrzeit

Herzl's most famous quote stands as a testament to his tenacity: 'If you will it, it is no dream.'

JULY 12, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS

Theodor Herzl leaning over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, probably during the Sixth Zionist Conference there in 1903

Harry Truman and the cause of Jewish statehood

Truman acted on behalf of the Jews in the creation of the State of Israel decisively at critical moments when his action made all the difference.

JUNE 14, 2020BySHLOMO SLONIM

ISRAEL’S FIRST president Chaim Weizmann presents US president Harry Truman with a Torah in 1948.

President Truman was not a saint

It is shocking to consider how Jews have beatified Truman.

MAY 31, 2020ByELI KAVON

The Declaration of Independence contradiction

Was the state established so that the Jewish people could exercise their natural right to be masters of their own fate or because of the urgency of solving the problem of Jewish homelessness?

MAY 14, 2019ByURI PILICHOWSKI

ISRAEL’S DECLARATION of Independence on display in Tel Aviv.

Notable German journalist under fire for comparing Israel to its enemies

Professor Steinberg added “ If Schapira is seriously interested in the treatment of minors worldwide, including by Israel, she should look at the facts, and not propaganda. And she should apologize."

APRIL 7, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL

Palestinian children hold toy guns during a protest in Jerusalem

The myth of compulsory military service in Israel

While the strategic decision to pursue a more efficient IDF is understandable, it will come at a cost.

OCTOBER 18, 2018ByAVI JAGER

IDF soldiers of the Golani Brigade train for scenarios involving enemies similar to Hezbollah.

A response to Asa-El

The Zionist vision, the future of the Jewish people in Israel and in the Diaspora

AUGUST 22, 2018ByMOSHE DANN

Sermon in honor of the establishment of the State of Israel

A message from the day Israel was established as a state in 1948.

MAY 16, 2018ByTUVIAH GEFFEN

The She’arith Israel synagogue in Atlanta, Georgia

President Rivlin: Israel is the 'March of the Living' for the Jewish people

"The establishment of the State of Israel is a miracle, though it is not self-evident, and it is something that must be experienced to be believed and understood."

APRIL 19, 2018BySTEVE LINDE