Evelyn Gordon
Distancing Israeli Arab moderates instead of drawing them closer
An obsession with Israel that even trumps national self-interest
A model for resolving clashes between Jewish and liberal values
Arm the Syrian Druse - we owe it to their Israeli kin
Refusing help would be a slap in the face to Israel’s most loyal non-Jewish citizens.
You can’t win a PR war by fighting on the enemy’s side
Israel needs to stop arguing the Palestinians' case and start arguing its own.
What Israel can learn from the Eurovision song contest
Israeli's PR focus on the peace process highlights the country’s failures rather than its successes; and people dislike failures.
Netanyahu's target wasn’t Israeli Arabs, but foreign-funded NGOs
The prime minister's election day faux pas has been deliberately misconstrued by omitting its second half
A golden chance to shift the Foreign Ministry’s priorities
The new deputy minister won’t appeal to Europe, which might spur her to focus on an area long neglected: the non-Western world.
Netanyahu deals a setback to the cause of big-tent parties
After religious Zionists handed him victory, he spat in their faces – proving they really do need a party of their own.
Using a straw man to attack Supreme Court reforms
Likud’s proposed bills wouldn’t harm judicial independence, only the court’s excess powers.
Israeli Arabs press their MKs to focus more on domestic issues
That’s the message from JAL’s decision to skip an Arab League meeting. And it’s good news for Israel.
The sad decline of a formerly principled politician
A man I once admired has begun subordinating vital security interests to the needs of partisan politics.
Shifting the tenor of America’s debate on Iran
That was Netanyahu’s goal in addressing Congress. And so far, he’s been surprisingly successful.
