Adina Bar-Shalom, the Israel Prize winner who could have had her choice of any party and seen haredi women follow her in droves, has chosen to remain second fiddle in Shas, the party founded by her father that does not permit women MKs.

Op-ed: While Hatnua chairwoman says she is fighting for a Jewish state, she is dangerously adopting the rhetoric of the anti-Israel left.

Op-ed: Instead of preaching 'Jewish values,' a responsible political system should focus on how to make the eight million Israelis living here – Jews and non-Jews – feel safer, more satisfied and prouder of their country.

Analysis: Man Haron Monis, a radical Muslim terrorist with a criminal past, likely acted alone but was undoubtedly inspired by the Islamic State's violent messages, proving that it's not just Islamic State's military might that the West should be worried about, but also its poisonous influence on Muslims worldwide.

Op-ed: As the Israeli-Arab conflict becomes more religious, solidarity with the Israeli side grows; because now the war is not against Israel – it’s against the entire Western world.