Israel Has Almost as Many Religious Restrictions as Iran, Pew Report Finds
Israel is one of the top 20 most religiously restrictive countries in the world, research center says
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Opinion Battling With Tunisia, Better Than Poland: How Israel's Democracy Measures Up
Is Israel’s democracy in danger? It depends who you ask: one of the three major world indexes gives Israel its worst rating ever, another its second-best rating ever. But all agree that civil liberties are under threat
Opinion Netanyahu Isn't the Problem. The Israeli People Are
The apartheid did not start with him and will not end with his departure
Fact-checking Netanyahu’s Claim That Israel Is the Nation-state of Jews Alone
As far back as 1996, the Supreme Court ruled there was no contradiction between Israel's identity as a Jewish state and a state of all its citizens
Wonder Woman vs. Bibi: Gal Gadot Takes Stand in Row Over Jewish-Arab Equality
Wonder Woman backs up Israeli TV host Rotem Sela, after the latter's post claiming Arabs are equal citizens of Israel came under fire by the prime minister himself
Editorial A State for Some of Its Citizens
Netanyahu's response to actress Rotem Sela exposes the ugly, naked truth: The nation-state law was meant to make it clear to Israeli Arabs that the state views them as second-class citizens
Editorial Blight of the Nation-state Law
What do Netanyahu, Meir Kahane and the nation-state law all have in common? A desire to delegitimize Arabs of equal citizenship
Opinion An Israeli Law That Seeks to Humiliate Arab Citizens
The nation-state law changed the status of the Arabic language - by defining Jewish tradition as superior the law ranks the cultural values of Jews from the Arab world lower than those from Europe
Opinion Surveillance, Political Threats, Daily Discrimination: What It’s Like to Be a Palestinian Citizen in Israel
Palestinian citizens of Israel are constantly reminded of the fragility and conditionality of our (second-class) Israeli citizenship, and the illegitimacy of our Palestinian identity - and that's amplified as elections approach
Opinion Toward a Democratic, Not Jewish, State
A civil alternative to the right’s doctrines – one God, one people, one land and one leader – is urgently needed, and whoever has the courage and inspiration to stand at this front will win it all
Analysis Why the Israeli Right Hates the State of Israel and Is Bent on Demolishing Its Democracy
Netanyahu’s personal vendetta against the rule of law harnesses the right’s historic grievances against the bedrock institutions of the modern Jewish state
Israeli Druze Protesters Enraged at Justice Minister Who Says Nation-state Law Won't Be Amended
'The pain is deeper because this suddenly says the country isn't mine': Demonstrators urged Ayelet Shaked to acknowledge damage of contentious legislation
Druze Protest Nation-state Law Outside Israeli Party Leaders' Homes; Politicians Vow to 'Fix' Legislation
Protesters seek commitment to amend contentious legislation that enshrined country's Jewish character
How to Stay Optimistic as a Young Arab in Israel 2019
The blend of Israeli Jewish and Arab cultures, Hebrew and Arabic, village origins and the Tel Aviv bubble – all of this informed the life and work of 24-year-old actor Ala Dakka, who preferred not to define his identity. But now, he's reached a turning point
In First Public Statement, Benny Gantz Vows to 'Fix' Nation-state Law
Former military chief to crowd of Israeli Druze protesters: 'You're fighting for your home, keep going' ■ Former Mossad chief: 'I believe in Gantz as a leader' ■ Bennett and Shaked's new party: 'He's teamed up with the left'
Opinion The High Court of Justice Against the Israeli People
In questioning the nation-state law, even the 'conservative' justices are causing grave damage to the soul of the nation that returned to Zion with so much suffering
State Prosecutor Slams Coalition Whip for Saying 'Millions Won't Accept' Netanyahu Indictment
Shai Nitzan criticizes 'dangerous statements' by Likud MK and ex-PM Ehud Barak on future of PM's corruption charges as undermining public faith in attorney general
Zionist Union Backtracks, to Support Scrapping Contentious Nation-state Law
The move comes hours after the party said it would back an amended version of law
Editorial From Haifa to Jerusalem
The opposition’s challenge will be to present a vision of equality and openness in the face of the right’s racism and exclusion, as a foundation for Jewish-Arab cooperation that will lead to a change of government
Interior Ministry Finds No Fault in City Council's Oath to Maintain Afula's ‘Jewish Character’
Ministry says council members were 'sworn in according to law, and the addition that was stated does not invalidate the wording of the oath'
Analysis Top 12 Reasons Netanyahu Will Lose the Upcoming Early Elections
He probably won't but from now until Election Day hope springs eternal
Opinion Israel's Suicidal Passion for Tribal Nationalism
The fate of the Jews has been tied to the fate of liberal values, and yet the levels of racist tribal nationalism reached here are incomparable, even to those of the chauvinists in the West we increasingly treat as allies
In Jab at Netanyahu's Policies, Top Jewish Organization Reaffirms Commitment to a Democratic Israel
Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency votes unanimously to adopt resolution prompted by passage of nation-state law
Opinion Preferring the Evangelicals Over World Jewry
The new nation-state law might mean the prevention of immigration by anyone not Jewish based on Jewish law – something that reflects the influence of evangelical Christianity
Lawmaker Makes History as Third Woman to Serve in Israeli Arab Party
Neven Abu Rahmoun sworn in, vows to step up protests against nation-state law. 'This is a breakthrough for Arab women in Israel,' MK Aida Touma-Sliman says
Opinion When Livni Gave the Nation-state Law Her Blessing
The opposition leader's objections to the legislation were very minor, but she changed her tune once she got a chance to brand herself the leader of the left
Opinion The Nation-state Law Paves the Way for a New Nakba
While the law has drawn much attention to the systematization of ethnic inequality, we cannot ignore another important aspect: the Israeli government’s plan to annex the territories designated as Area C
Israel Can 'Definitely' Absorb 100,000 West Bank Palestinians, Justice Minister Says
'It’s impossible to ignore the processes taking place in the Democratic Party. You know, the party itself is becoming less and less what’s considered Zionist,' Ayelet Shaked tells The Atlantic