Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion researcher and a political advisor who has worked on eight national campaigns in Israel and in 15 other countries. She is currently a policy fellow at The Century Foundation, and co-host of The Tel Aviv Review podcast, in addition to co-hosting the Election Overdose podcast at Haaretz. Twitter: @dahliasc
It's easy to think that the entire 2021 Israel election campaign is about Netanyahu. But flattening the elections to a cult of personality - love Bibi or hate him - is both inaccurate and dismissive to voters
Fresh from what fans consider their Never Trump triumph, the Lincoln Project founders have a new mission: To help ditch Netanyahu. But you might not like what happens next
As soon as East Coast voting ended, pollster-hunting season began: Trump's fantastical yarn of electoral theft, based on 'suppression polls' and Democratic depression about the lost 'blue wave.' Confusing the powerful, but complex, tool of polling with prophesy is bad news for democracy
In Israel, peace is popular – but it barely moves the polls. Not least when a pandemic is raging
Monday’s vote seems unlikely to break the political deadlock – but has succeeded in shattering Israelis’ trust in the electoral system
The notion, as propounded by Moshe Arens, that the demand for the right of return is exclusive to the Palestinians is patently false
Israel's right-wing government might end up regretting its public support for Kurdistan. After all, if historical justice legitimates Kurdish and Jewish self-determination, it's just as applicable to the Palestinians
Outside the courthouse, there was more anger and disgust for the foundational institutions of Israeli society and the rule of law than for terrorists.
PM Netanyahu says Israel is being ‘courted’, not shunned, around the world, so is there more to his choice to gravitate towards states, such as Azerbaijan, that show appalling contempt for democratic norms? | Opinion
A fraction of a percentage point in a referendum struck down the historic government-FARC peace deal. Israel’s pro-peace deal left must learn the lessons of a cautionary tale from Colombia.
Young people in Israel are not so much angry as they are craving the normalcy that has always eluded their country.
As Latin American countries continue to announce recognition of Palestinian state, Israel better start thinking what response best serves its interests.