Gidon Ben-Zvi

Gidon is an accomplished writer who moved back to Israel in 2009 after having spent 12 years in the United States, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science from California State University, Northridge. Between 1994-1997, Gidon served in an IDF infantry unit. In addition to writing for The Jerusalem Post, Ben-Zvi contributes to The Times of Israel, CiF Watch, The Algemeiner, Tel Aviv Faces and blogs at Jerusalem State Of Mind.

 Rain falls along Jaffa Road in downtown Jerusalem on January 19.

Once upon a Jerusalem winter's night - short story

A WOMAN PROTESTS at a pro-Palestinian rally. The recent Israel-Hamas war seemingly confirmed what many have long suspected about the BBC’s coverage.

Let’s get long-buried report on BBC anti-Israel bias published

A man holds up his cellphones to the Western Wall

It only hurts to pray


Fire in the hole - A postcard from an Israeli hi-tech company

When discourse on the finer points of email marketing is led by two native-born Israelis, whose English fluency amounts to a hodgepodge of corporate slogans.

The Azrieli Sarona Tower, the tallest building in Israel

An Englishman trapped inside a Jerusalem barber shop

A Jerusalem barber cuts the hair of a client wearing a mask

The curious case of Israel’s invisible election

The ballot slips in an election booth that represent the various parties only contain Hebrew letters, with no translation into Arabic, English or any other language

Resolution 2334: End of Israel’s middle class?

Per square meter, home prices in Israel are among the highest in the world, and home ownership is the biggest factor in inequality in Israel.

BULIDINGS ARE SEEN under construction in the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim [File]

When words matter and when they don't

While words have the power to move people, anything uttered by an Israeli politician in the days leading up to an Election Day should probably be dismissed as good old-fashioned electioneering.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during his victory speech at Likud headquarters

He who charms with words can accomplish anything

The lead up to Netanyahu's address to Congress on March 3 resembles the plot of The Karate Kid.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses US Congress in 2011

The virtues of isolation

Israel's most eloquent defenders and harshest critics share one fundamental belief about the country: the Jewish nation is unlike any other.

Hamas militants

No home for Israel inside the Democratic Party

Slaves to gut emotion, and averse to rigorous academic research, liberals do not bother to figure out who is right or wrong in any conflict.

Smoke rises following what witnesses said was an IAF air strike in the east of Gaza City.

Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox: Piety vs. patriotism

Haredi leaders have long insisted that their young men serve the nation through prayer and study, thus preserving the Jewish heritage that has kept the faith through centuries of persecution.

Neturei Karta burn Israeli flag on Independence Day

The trial of Mahmoud Abbas

An application of international law to Mahmoud Abbas’s statements and actions demonstrates a compelling case for prosecution.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas with released terrorist prisoners in Ramallah