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Oded Revivi

Oded Revivi is mayor of Efrat and international liaison of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.
A DEMONSTRATOR wears a button with a slogan that negates Israel’s existence, at a rally at the University of Washington in Seattle, earlier this year

Israel's role in clearing the Qatari fog from US campuses - opinion

The Jewish state must expose, unequivocally and unapologetically, the sources of funding behind the hatred festering on college campuses.

APRIL 26, 2025
A LARGE sign at the Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv reads: ‘Together we will prevail.’

Mordechai's leadership lessons: True strength lies in standing together - opinion

As we celebrate Purim this year, we should embrace both the joy and the responsibility that come with it.

MARCH 12, 2025
PARTICIPANTS IN the Garin Tzabar program visit ANU: The Museum of the Jewish People.

The morals and values of lone soldiers in the IDF should inspire us all - opinion

Through their actions, lone soldiers are writing new chapters in the story of Israel’s rebirth in the current Second War of Independence.

JANUARY 12, 2025

Israeli society must remember its partnership with Diaspora Jewry - opinion

The Diaspora had a crucial role in our rebirth – both immigrants and those who remained abroad.

NOVEMBER 30, 2024
The UN vote, taking place in the main gallery of the Queens Museum

Qaid Alkadi: A beacon of unity for Israel - opinion

Qaid Alkadi’s story offers Israel a unique chance to strengthen ties with the Bedouin community. Will this moment of unity be embraced?

AUGUST 31, 2024
Qaid Farhad Alkadi in an IDF helicopter after being rescued by the IDF from Hamas captivity in Gaza

Israel's lack of direction weakens global Jewry - opinion

The government, and especially the cabinet, must abandon the paralysis of indecision and chart a decisive course. Failure to do so will imperil the State of Israel and all its citizens.

APRIL 20, 2024
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi attend an event honoring outstanding soldiers at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, on Independence Day last year.

The state needs to improve dialogue with the municipalities - opinion

Should the state choose to promote the decentralization of powers for the local municipalities it will discover that solutions will emerge from the local government.

MAY 21, 2023
HIZKY SIVAK of the Emek Hefer Regional Council is removed by security personnel from a stormy meeting and vote at the Knesset Finance Committee on the Arnona Fund, last Monday.

How Efrat's community will rise out of tragedy to honor a family's legacy - opinion

When the bullets of the terrorists pierced the pure hearts of Maia, Rina and Lucy Dee, they had hoped to pierce our hearts as well. They didn’t understand that we as a people are unstoppable.

APRIL 14, 2023
Efrat Residents standing outside their homes with Israeli flags to show solidarity with the Dee family, following the death of Lucy Dee, who died of her wounds three days after the deadly terror attack that killed her two daughters Rina and Maia, in Efrat, in the West Bank, April 10, 2023.

Israel has lost the ability to compromise - opinion

Everything has become so polarized and personal and emotional. It is as if a volcano is erupting.

MARCH 17, 2023
LARGE ELECTION campaign advertisements overlook the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv before the November 1 election. That the country can be paralyzed for five elections demonstrates we aren’t ready to compromise, says the writer

Lapid's campaign to return as PM shouldn't prevent current gov't from functioning

We are at the point where those who support and those who oppose the reform are prepared to dialogue as they know the key points worthy of discussion.

FEBRUARY 25, 2023
OPPOSITION LEADER MK Yair Lapid addresses a rally protesting the government’s plan for a judicial overhaul, outside the Knesset, earlier this month.

Israel's justice minister, chief justice need to talk judicial reforms - opinion

If I could, I would ask Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut to sit together in the same room and talk.

JANUARY 24, 2023
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut attend a ceremony in Jerusalem, in 2019.

Farha and the image of Israelis worldwide - opinion

Lovers of Israel all over the world must rally together and demand that Netflix not provide a platform for Farha, which may pose an immediate danger to Israel and Israelis.

DECEMBER 3, 2022
JEWS AND Arabs shop at a supermarket in Gush Etzion.

With Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, Israel exits Lapid's intolerant gov't - opinion

The outgoing government painted Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters as insidious and dangerous, and that was just the beginning.

NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Israeli foreign minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid walks next to Head of opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at the assembly hall for a special session in memory of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, on November 8, 2021.