Israeli politics
Combining a sense of Jewish brotherhood with a newfound civic responsibility.
Trivializing Judaism’s greatest sorrows.
In fact, it is bound to emerge strengthened by the current crisis.
Instead, it should affirm the strength and constancy of American support for Israel.
Hundreds of reservists are currently participating in a massive exercise. Not a single soldier refused to show up for duty.
Even if the right wins, it still loses.
An arrangement involving eliminating the Grandparent Clause but recognizing patrilineal descent for purposes of the Law of Return just might be feasible.
Underneath the checked boxes, Israeli politics isn’t so easily captured by markers of identity.
Understanding the West Bank’s most solvable problems.
Over the coming years, Israel’s most famous law will become an object of political gamesmanship and a potential tool for demographic engineering—no matter who will be in power.
What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
And accomplishes little on its own terms.
Perverse incentives.
A victory for the center-right, not the center-left.