Op-ed: The transition from social-economic stories to national-political ones in the public discourse is not because the former have exhausted themselves. The turning point was caused by internalization, slow but invasive, of last year's election platforms. Netanyahu put the Jewish-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the center of his campaign publicity. Herzog put society and the economy at the center of his.

Op-ed: The Netanyahu administration's policy in the Palestinian territories is highly problematic. Luckily, there are convenient distractions available in the form of easily-targeted human rights organizations.

Op-ed: Something that is often conspicuously absent from the discussions of Israeli PR problems is the country's clear lack of a consistent and clear policy regarding what is to be done with the West Bank and its residents.