Eric Alterman isn’t Israel’s biggest fan. For some good reasons, but mostly bad ones, he thinks that Israel is “Turning into a Theocracy”, a catchy headline that is far from being true. But I do ...

It is becoming increasingly obvious that a break between Israel and Diaspora Jewry, particularly its American variety, is fast approaching. The reason for this is that Israel is slowly but inexorably ...

The demonizing of Israel, dismissing the democratic Jewish state as a right-wing, religious, racist project, continues. The latest storyline describes ultra-Orthodox Israelis—known in Hebrew as ...

Few people have invested as much effort, time, money and heart on behalf of the Jewish people and Israel than the current head of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder. His political, ...

HAGOSHRIM, Israel – The victory of Hamas in legislative elections Wednesday could lead to a civil war within Gaza and the West Bank. Israel, meanwhile, is bracing for its neighbor to be ruled by a ...

“Israel is not a fascist state, nor is it a theocracy nor, for that matter, is it a fascist theocracy. It is not an apartheid state, a totalitarian state or, God forbid, a Nazi state.” One wonders why ...

Israel is a democracy. Gail Page (Monitor Forum, March 21) argues that Israel is not a democracy but a theocracy because it regards itself as a Jewish state. Her argument is not only uninformed, but ...

Israel is now facing “an era of opportunity” but to take advantage of it, citizens must choose between democracy and theocracy, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid declares at a conference organized by the ...

12 October 2010 The powers that be within Israel are showing their true bigoted racist colors. On Sunday, the Israeli Cabinet agreed to a new law obliging new non-Jewish immigrants to first swear ...

Israel Ambassador Abba Eban told the National Press Club today that Israel has many anxieties but that he does not consider any internal Communist threat among them. He pledged, however, that Israel ...

This essay on state and society in Israel, 50 years after its founding, traces the roots of the new populist authoritarianism emerging under Netanyahu. Based on the marriage of Zionist colonialism and ...