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After the Ayatollah: Is This the End of Political Islam?

With the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the severe damage the Islamic Republic has taken, is the regime's long ideological shadow finally fading away?

By Dan Schueftan, Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, Jonathan Silver
Inauguration of the Knesset building, 1966. Oded Shamir Pikiwiki via Wikimedia.

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Why Israel Needs a Senate

Since 2023, the Jewish state has been teetering on the edge of a constitutional crisis. Expanding the legislative branch could bring stability and maturity to Israeli democracy.

By Amiad Cohen, Sagi Barmak
Jerusalem, April 10, 2026. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Response

Israel’s Constitutional Crisis Was Really a Demographic Crisis

Geographic representation won’t fix it. What Israel needs is a senate formally designed to protect each of its distinct sectors.

By Rafi DeMogge
The Flight of Lot and his Family from Sodom, Peter Paul Rubens. Wikimedia.

Observation

The Sexual Codes of Leviticus Sow the Seeds of a Fruitful Culture

Leviticus asks the individual to constrain himself today so that mankind won't lose its way tomorrow.

By Jeremy England

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