An Educational Agenda for the Abraham Accords
Gathering Israelis and Arabs to read Maimonides, al-Farabi, and Aquinas.
March 22, 2021
After Israel’s Election, Politicians Might Have to Choose between Power and Good Governance
Benjamin Netanyahu’s dilemma, and Naftali Bennett’s.
Yesterday, Naftali Bennett, leader of the right-wing Israeli party Yamina, signed a pledge that he will not enter into a governing coalition with the left-of-center party Yesh Atid. In doing so, he has capitulated to pressure from Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud party is expected to get a plurality of the votes in tomorrow’s election, but who will be hard-pressed to form a coalition without Bennett. Haviv Rettig Gur examines the dilemma which Bennett and Netanyahu—fierce rivals for right-wing votes—will likely find themselves in after tomorrow’s election.
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After Israel’s Election, Politicians Might Have to Choose between Power and Good Governance
Benjamin Netanyahu’s dilemma, and Naftali Bennett’s.
The Biden Administration Could Downgrade Relations with Saudi Arabia in Hope of Placating Iran
Working off a false, and dangerous, assumption.
From Freedom from Egyptian Slavery to Freedom from Soviet Tyranny—and Freedom from Anti-Semitism
Seder in the gulag.
Iraq’s Last Jewish Doctor and the Fate of a Dying Community’s Cultural Treasures
Dhafer Fouad Eliyahu, healer of the poor.