What many failed to understand was that the 'Histadrut' labor federation had long ceased to be a socialist power base associated with the political left. Instead, it had become a body representing many powerful workers' committees aligned with Netanyahu's right-wing Likud

Circumcision arose over 4,500 years ago, whether for hygiene or as a puberty rite, and was controversial even then

U.S. President Trump endorsed Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo last night while threatening to withhold federal funding if 'Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani' wins. Mamdani, whose candidacy has trigged conflict within the Jewish community, said his victory would usher in a 'new day' for NYC

The vast majority of Israeli liberals in parliament and in civil society conceive of democracy only inasmuch as it pertains to protecting the gatekeepers, rather than to safeguarding civil rights and equality before the law

There is a clear disconnect between high-level meetings by the U.S. and Arab officials on Gaza, which promise security and direction, and the suffering and death of Palestinians on the ground, which reveal the lack thereof

The bloodthirsty campaign against Israel's Military Prosecutor for her leak of a video showing IDF reservists abusing a Palestinian shows the effectiveness of the government's poison machine against anyone who tries to defend the law

Marwan Barghouti is the only person popular enough to unify the Palestinian factions under the Palestinian Authority in postwar Gaza and the West Bank. Yes, he's a convicted murderer – but the alternative is Hamas