Pamela Peled

The chaos in King Lear eventually ends. Too many die; the country is big-time battered. But with new leadership in place that is morally decent, England will be okay. So will Israel.

Religion has been hijacked by cultists with long white beards in long black coats, and they have sullied it. Politics and religion simply shouldn’t mix; the result is a toxic mess.

On the unlikely friendship between Maoz Inon and Abu Sarah.

That disconnect between being a Jew in Israel and one who dwells under foreign vines and fig trees has never been as jagged as it is today.

The seeds of South African involvement were planted in the sands from which the city of Ashkelon would spring right at the beginning of the nascent Jewish state.

The sane majority of Israel can’t do too much to topple Benjamin Netanyahu and the messianic, catastrophic crazies who are hurtling us into the void.

Einat Wilf advocates splitting Gaza in two and offering the inhabitants a choice: live in the south if you prefer chaos and war; move north if you embrace peace and reconciliation.

With a security minister handing out guns indiscriminately and a finance minister who doesn't know economics, it’s no wonder anti-anxiety/depression drugs are flying off shelves.

It's bloody scary and horribly depressing to be in the Holy Land at this impossibly terrible time. But where else would we want to be?

Let’s show them what happens when you slaughter Jews in our own country. Other Jews, from every part of the globe, rush in to continue our exceptional nation-building.