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The anti-Netanyahu camp is ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater, like Rep. Rashida Tlaib did when she spurned the premier’s offer of a non-political visit to her ailing grandmother.

Ever since the 2006 war, Israel has preferred to contain Hezbollah rather than fight it directly. So determined was Israel to avoid going to war with the terrorist group that it tolerated its significant military buildup. Since 2012, however, the IAF has carried out hundreds of sorties inside Syria aimed at stopping the delivery of advanced weapons to Hezbollah. Israel can continue to delay the arming of Hezbollah, but it has already become quite strong, and a war could occur even if neither side wants it.

Although they are supposedly not going to be part of a government, the Blue and White party will create a situation in which they are dependent on the Joint List in order to govern the country. Think about that.

Our leaders, including Netanyahu, must negotiate with one another and reach a solution that does not include a government dependent on Hamas supporters.

In recent years, the People’s Republic of China has significantly increased its economic and diplomatic engagement with the Middle East. Most of Beijing’s investment in the region focuses on energy, infrastructure construction, nuclear power, new energy sources, agriculture, and finance. These investments serve not only China’s interests but also those of Middle Eastern countries hoping to boost their economies as a means of strengthening social stability.

If there’s one Jewish holiday that offers us all a break, it’s Purim. For that one day at least, we can pretend to be someone else. But is that as simple as it sounds?

Who knows, was it not for just this moment that you became a Queen, with access to King Achashverosh in the royal palace?” Like Esther--and Eddie Jacobson--God is calling on each of us, saying there is something only we can do.

The idea that the coronavirus might be related to Wuhan's virus research laboratory is considered by some a "conspiracy theory", yet China's refusal immediately to accept help from the US Centers for Disease Control understandably arouses suspicion.

Lieberman knows he has to do something to break the deadlock, or he will be blamed for compelling a fourth round of national voting. But what does he actually stand for?

In America, voting is the only game in town and voters are the source of power. In Israel, the courts are in charge.

Synagogues, day schools, Jewish community centers and other groups are deciding how they will celebrate what is perhaps the most festive Jewish holiday, especially for families.

Supreme Court intervention to thwart formation of a new Netanyahu government would be a declaration of war against democracy.

At the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Tel Hai (which occurred on March 1, 1920), it is instructive to recall the heated debate that preceded it among the Yishuv leadership concerning the question of abandoning the site. This debate sheds light on the decline of the Zionist left in general and the results of the latest Israeli elections in particular.

Looking at the numbers emerging from Israel’s March 2 election, one has to wonder: How many votes does Netanyahu need to win by for the entire electorate to declare his victory?

Nothing to cough at.

How many people are strictly kosher until they’re traveling and find it simply too difficult to pack food or make arrangements? How many of us keep Shabbos properly except when we must lower that thermostat, hit the light, or text on Shabbos? It takes true resolve to resist the temptation to do what you want rather than what you know G-d wants.

By targeting Israeli companies that employ mostly Palestinians, the UN Human Rights Council only helps to keep the latter in poverty—an end that serves the interests of the corrupt Palestinian Authority, which the UN automatically supports.

We can never fully understand the Holocaust. The health of society demands that we must try.

Donald Trump is a longtime admirer of Benjamin Netanyahu, in part because of the Israeli PM’s willingness to go toe-to-toe with Barack Obama. Obama’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was to support the Palestinians at Israel’s expense; Trump’s is the exact opposite.

In 1988, The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie's courageous book critical of the life of Islam's prophet Mohammed, won both public acclaim and multiple literary...

If Israeli rabbinical courts – who have actual power within Israel’s legal system to use against get-refusers – could not get this man’s wife a get, what can rabbinical courts in the Diaspora do? Only one thing: Use their halachic powers! It is well past time for leading rabbis to publicize solutions that are based in Jewish law.

We are voting again in Israel. Here’s why Israelis love it.

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will have to continue accepting the reality of living under the unelected and totalitarian leaders of the PA and Hamas. For the Palestinians, each Israeli election serves as a sad reminder of the catastrophic failure of Palestinian leaders and the complete absence of democracy under the PA and Hamas.

Once again, Israel’s overly vibrant hyper-democracy has proven through a definitive 20-mandate victory that after 11 years at the helm, only the voters still want Benjamin Netanyahu to lead the country.

If you think that elections in Israel are finally over… think again, because the fun is just about to begin! The only part that’s over is election day

What has Bernie Sanders ever done for the Jewish people? How has he defended the Jewish people – a people he is so ‘proud’ to be a part of?

Finally, the secularist Palestinian Authority and other Palestinian leaders have also recently decided to emphasize the religious element in their struggle. They really are not that emphatic about either religion or the truth. They are not even that emphatic about having a state. They are emphatic about obliterating Israel.

For the past century, Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs have lived through an unceasing conflict, with the disputed issues remaining largely the same throughout. The realities on the ground mean no plan will ever be perfect, but President Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan is the most realistic and achievable yet proposed.

Abbas and his officials, in short, are telling the Israelis: "Look, we have a problem here. This man, Netanyahu, will not surrender to us -- and that is why you need to elect a new leader."

In a special column in Israel Hayom, Yamina leader Naftali Bennett says a vote of his party is the only way to prevent the inception of a Palestinian state.