Op-ed: In a Finance Committee headed by an ultra-Orthodox MK, funds are channeled to haredi bodies and goals. When committee is headed by a settler, money is transferred to settlement enterprise.

Analysis: Israeli and American officials believe next Israeli government's mission will be to restore Bush-Sharon understandings which were violated by Netanyahu government. But is that even possible with the direction Israel's political elite is taking?

Op-ed: Request to postpone trial involving former caretaker at prime minister's residence has nothing to do with elections or legal proceedings; it has to do with one woman: Sara Netanyahu.

Op-ed: Most of the new members of Israel's large parties don't even vote for them; they are committed to vote contractors, who can sell their goods to the highest bidder. This invites corruption.