Evelyn Gordon is a commentator and former legal-affairs reporter who immigrated to Israel in 1987. In addition to Mosaic, she has published in the Jerusalem Post, Azure, Commentary, and elsewhere. She blogs at Evelyn Gordon.
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I agreed with almost every word of Shany Mor’s essay , which was characteristically insightful and enlightening. Nevertheless, I think it suffered from a fatal flaw, because it is pointless to blame...
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I can confidently answer the main question posed by Scott Abramson in his informative essay on state commissions of inquiry. Yes, such a commission will be formed to investigate the Hamas attack on Oc...
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I was delighted to read Rafi DeMogge’s essay arguing that territorial withdrawals harm rather than help Israel’s international image, since I have been making this argument for over fifteen years, mos...
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Much remains unknown about Saturday’s horrific attack on southern Israel—the worst in Israel’s history, including wars, in terms of the number of civilians killed and kidnapped. But some things are al...
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Many thanks to Neil Rogachevsky and Netta Barak-Corren for their thoughtful responses to my essay. Barak-Corren addressed the issue of judicial reform more directly, but let me begin with a brief co...
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Israel's court is abnormally powerful and has caused half the nation to lose faith in its government. Reform will help, as long as it doesn't cause the other half to do the same.
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Kudos to Daniel Kane for thoroughly explaining a fact that too many people, especially overseas, ignore: the settlement movement is far from being monolithic. He does an excellent job of delineating...
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Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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If there’s one thing the recent war with Hamas made clear, it’s that Israel’s strategy for dealing with the Gaza Strip, known as “mowing the grass,” may be approaching its expiration date. And that wi...
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Israel’s current political crisis exemplifies the maxim that hard cases make bad law. This case is desperate. Six months after the coronavirus erupted and nine months after the fiscal year began, Isra...
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Unintended consequences.
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A showdown between the judicial and legislative branches may be inevitable.
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Its edict crippling lame-duck governments has led voters to rally around Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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When selling bread and underwear becomes a crime.
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In fact, it’s the first to uphold the security concept of the UN’s foundational Resolution 242.
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Hatred is strong and peace is fragile.
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Israelis against judicial imperialism want a prime minister, even one under corruption charges, seeking legal reform.
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Not a lost cause.
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Whatever happened to “It’s legal, but it stinks”?
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The West Bank/Gaza experiment.
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Does Jewish morality require Israel to leave the West Bank?
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Lessons for the Israeli right.
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Netanyahu’s final service to Israel?
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Stop treating millions of Palestinians as perpetual pawns in a war to destroy Israel.
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Just like the case of Leo Frank—except that Frank was convicted and lynched, and Mahmoud Qatusa was exonerated.
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Seeing past the excuses for the latest rejection.
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The prime minister’s legal woes aren’t the main problem.
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One year later, the results are in.
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The judicial establishment reaps what it sowed.
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Like Haviv Rettig Gur in “ How and Why Israelis Vote ,” I, too, think the advantages of Israel’s parliamentary system outweigh its disadvantages, and for essentially the same reason: because it keeps...
