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Benjamin Netanyahu Deserves Credit for Israel’s Stunning Triumph—and for Its Stunning Failures
By Shany MorThe prime minister doggedly pursued a strategy that few would have dared.
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Israel’s Attack on Iran Is Reshaping the Middle East
By Jonathan Silver, Elliott Abrams, Amiad Cohen, Assaf Orion, John SpencerOperation Rising Lion.
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The Policies of October 6 Kept Israel Safe—Until They Didn’t
By Shany MorPoliticians who inherited a policy they opposed but cannot reverse have little incentive to make it work.
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Israel’s Mistake Was Viewing Hamas as a Minor Nuisance
By Amnon LordIf you are alienated from your identity as a Jew, it becomes harder to understand an enemy that wants to murder you because you are Jewish.
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The Peace Process Failed, but Its Bad Assumptions Live On
By Gadi TaubHow mistaken beliefs about human nature contributed to flawed strategy.
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Maintaining the Status Quo Is a Choice
By Rafi DeMoggeWhen every available cure has catastrophic side effects, it can be reasonable to prefer chronic illness.
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Yes, Bad Policies Paved the Way to October 7. But What If They Were the Only Policies Available?
By Evelyn GordonDeferring dramatic action in the West Bank only works if you take the precautions necessary to survive and thrive.
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The Failed Concepts That Brought Israel to October 7
By Shany MorHow four interlocking ways of thinking combined to leave the Jewish state at the mercy of its enemies.
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How Israelis Probe Their Failings
By Scott AbramsonSince its birth, the Jewish state has convened unusually powerful commissions to investigate its own mistakes. Will the same happen now, and if not, why?
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Netanyahu: The Figures Who Formed Him, and the Duties of Jewish Leadership
By Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Taub, Neil RogachevskyA new interview, published in English here for the first time, reveals the political tradition at work in the Israeli leader's thinking.
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Why Israel Needs a Better Political Class
By Evelyn GordonIts twin coronavirus and budget crises are problems caused by—and only fixable by—political leaders, not bureaucratic maneuvering.
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How Israel’s Ministers, and Not its Civil Servants, Made the Tough Decisions that Grew the Economy
By Yechiel LeiterThe Budgets Department sees everything through the lens of fiscal restraint, but growing a country requires a different understanding, as well as a broader sense of responsibility.
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Israel’s Deep State Is Undemocratic, Unaccountable, and Completely Indispensable
By Haviv Rettig GurHow does Israel keep functioning despite constant political turmoil? Meet the opaque group of unelected bureaucrats that the country’s politicians rely on to save it from themselves.
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Spare Your People a Fourth Election, O Israel, and Form a Minority Government
By Neil RogachevskyThree elections having led to inconclusive results, a fourth now looms. There's another, smarter, more representative way.
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Is Israel a House Divided?
By Haviv Rettig GurDespite challenges to its electoral system, its prime minister, and its relations with Palestinian Arabs, the answer is no.
Monthly Essay ·
How and Why Israelis Vote
By Haviv Rettig GurA primer on the state of play of Israeli politics, how Israel’s electoral system shapes (and warps) priorities, and why Netanyahu has reason to be worried about his new rival.
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A First Draft of the Life of Benjamin Netanyahu
By Neil RogachevskyA new biography compels the thought that the prime minister's alienation from opinions held dear by the Israeli elite—and by his biographer—has been one of the secrets of his success.
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Will Israel’s Natural-Gas Fields Ever Get Developed?
By Arthur HermanTens of trillions of cubic feet of gas lie waiting offshore, with the potential to transform the world’s energy map and perhaps even stabilize the Middle East.
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A New Israeli Consensus
By Neil RogachevskySure, its politics are chaotic. But on several of the most important issues, Israel today is less divided than it has been in a long time.
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Can Israel Unite?
By Edward GrossmanIn Iran’s nuclear program, Israel faces a threat like never before. Can a divided nation pull together in time to confront it?
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A Letter to My Liberal Jewish Friends
By Michael DoranThe president’s address last week to Congregation Adas Israel as “an honorary member of the tribe” was something other than it seemed.
Monthly Essay ·
Obama’s Secret Iran Strategy
By Michael DoranThe president has long been criticized for his lack of strategic vision. But what if a strategy, centered on Iran, has been in place from the start and consistently followed to this day?
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The Silent Partnership
By Michael DoranHow the president has exploited the international campaign against IS in order to accommodate Iran.
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Israel’s Big Mistake
By Yoav SorekHow my countrymen gave up the hope for real peace, and how they can get it back.
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What Would Ben-Gurion Do
By Michael Doran. . . if he were caught between the rise of al-Qaeda and Iran and the decline of the United States?
