As final details of Gilad Shalit's release are being ironed out, the focus among parties on both sides has shifted to secondary issues and morning-after scenarios.
Day by day, the prime minister is discovering how strong he is, especially since he seems to have the backing of his defense minister. Can we expect a Bibi-Barak spin-off party?
The Civil Administration claims it is not asking that the residents of a village outside of Qalqilyah move. But it's cut them off from medical and other services, pasture lands and markets.
It is becoming more and more evident that we, who see ourselves as an intelligent nation dwelling in the midst of a jungle of wild fools, need increasingly large doses of narcotics in order to maintain our faith in our superior intelligence vis-a-vis our firebrand neighbors.
A new book by historian Shaul Weber reinforces the doubt that has already been raised in the past regarding the truth of popular versions of the War of Independence.
The two sides in the endless dispute in Cyprus are now involved in 'last-gasp' talks on reunification. Some predict a beautiful future, while others say elephants will fly first.
Israel's economy has recently weathered financial and security crises 'without blinking,' claims Prof. Eugene Kandel, chair of the National Economic Council. Now it's time to address manpower problems, change the marketing approach that dominates the pension system, and force investment advisors to clean up their act.
The 20th anniversary of the founding of B'Tselem is not a cause for rejoicing. The human-rights group has had plenty of successes, but the fact that it is still needed is a bad sign.
Without The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories it might have been easier for us to say we did not know that this is what we were like.
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