Ravit Hecht
A Scion of Zionist Aristocracy Wants to Quit the Jewish People. Will Israel Let Him?
Why Avraham Burg, who has served as Knesset speaker, interim president and head of the Jewish Agency, is asking Israel to annul his registration as a Jew
Analysis Gantz Is Calling Netanyahu a Liar. Who Cares Anymore
The defense minister began his speech powerfully and faded away into hollow cliches about his party’s patriotism, but compromise still isn’t impossible
Analysis In Israel, a Terrible Defeat for LGBTQ Families Seeking Recognition
A court's ruling to revoke parenthood in the case of a separated same-sex couple is nothing short of shocking
Analysis The Israeli Right Must No Longer Pretend Rabin's Murder Was a Tragedy
It's not groundless to assume that in a few years, the rightists will be explaining why the murder was actually expedient, and claim 'self defense'
Analysis Curbing Protests, Israel Takes Another Step Toward Civil War
Netanyahu's supporters called demonstrators monsters, and the Knesset gave them a seal of approval. It is a shocking failure of the government, at the lowest point of Israel's democracy
Analysis Netanyahu Pits Protests Against Prayers. Compromise Won’t Come From Him
The tension between democracy and religion is imprinted in Israel's DNA – and the prime minister has chosen to mine political capital from it
Analysis This Opposition Lawmaker Wants to Be the ‘Killer’ Israel’s Left Needs
Ofer Shelah, a hardboiled, hard-working politician, wants to bring about real change on the center-left. But he may have a hard time shedding his reputation as member of the out-of-touch elite
'The Left Made Israel More Moral, but Their Mistakes Made Them Irrelevant'
Ideological right-wing MK Bezalel Smotrich devoted his life to destroying the two-state solution. In an interview he says the left's fixation with it is 'like getting addicted to drugs to escape reality'
'It's Like George Floyd. We Have Our Knee on the Palestinians' Necks'
B’Tselem director-general Hagai El-Ad tells Haaretz why organizations like his have become the last form of Israeli resistance to the occupation, and how he copes with being branded a traitor