Op-ed: The former prime minister's bribery conviction and 18-month jail term are joined by the understanding that his hope of returning to the public arena is over, along with a 50-year political career.

Op-ed: We are in the midst of a conspiracy of silence. Why aren't we talking out loud about our national illness and its symptoms – the destabilization of the rational and moral grounds of Israel's democracy?

Op-ed: In Netanyahu's nightmarish world, the Jewish people are always the victims fighting for their lives, and their rivals are Nazis. But not every threat is existential, and one can be a huge villain without being a Nazi.