Ravit Hecht
Israel Needs More Real People Like the President's Late Wife Nechama Rivlin
When you saw Nechma and Ruvi together, you could believe that not everything in Israel had been wrecked, that all was not lost
Analysis Not the Palestinians, the Economy or Even Netanyahu: Election Will Test Israel's Jewish Character
Far-right leader has unleashed a firestorm with his comments on Jewish theocracy, making September 17 much more than another referendum on Netanyahu's leadership
Analysis One April Morning, This Man Woke Up and Decided Netanyahu Will Not Be Prime Minister
Throughout Netanyahu's tenure it was impossible to know when it would end, but one thing was certain: The person who would push him out would come from the right
Analysis Netanyahu and Lieberman's Political Fight Just Got Out of Hand
The premier and the ex-defense minister lost control head-butting each other and found themselves in the danger zone
The Israeli Lawyer Who Defends the Most Violent Fighters Against the Occupation
Palestinians with knives don’t scare attorney Lea Tsemel. A new documentary deconstructs the controversial character who will defend anyone who opposes the occupation – even if they resort to the most violent means
'Die, Leftist' Why Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Drove Right-wingers Out of Their Minds
Most of the audience was from the cultural elite that is currently fighting for its life, which has no connection to the demonstrators outside, as if they were residents of two different galaxies
Analysis The Competition Was Fierce, but Labor Wins the Humiliation Race
The party that founded the State of Israel, and which for much of Likud's years in power was the only one with potential to replace it, has fallen to new lows
Analysis How Gantz May End Up Erasing the Israeli Left
The left's indecision in choosing Kahol Lavan or Meretz could cause the right to expand its power
Opinion Netanyahu Is Sinking
The submarine affair underscores what we've known all along – we can no longer turn a bind eye to the prime minister's stinginess and greed
Opinion Cannabis Legalization Buzz Is a Smokescreen Masking Apartheid’s Legitimization
In an election that is making fair game of the blood of one-fifth of the citizens of this country, people are occupied with the question of their freedom to openly hold a joint
Opinion Corrupt, Racist Politicians' Outrageous Move Against Israel's Far-left
Far-rightists are disqualifying candidates – something pretty rich considering that cabinet members describe all elected officials from the Arab community as ‘terrorists’
Survey: Huge Majority of Right-wing, Religious Israelis Say Netanyahu Is Being Framed
On eve of attorney general's expected indictment announcement, most Israelis think prime minister is corrupt, but his supporters say it’s law enforcement that’s guilty
The Knesset Candidate Who Says Zionism Encourages anti-Semitism and Calls Netanyahu 'Arch-murderer'
Few Israelis have heard of Dr. Ofer Cassif, the Jewish representative on the far-leftist Hadash party's Knesset slate. On April 9, that will change
Opinion Heads of Israel's Labor, Meretz Parties Falling Victim to Chronic Leftist Syndrome
This pathology grows stronger in the face of the stability of right-wing rule, especially the imperial kind like that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Opinion Netanyahu Is Bad for Mizrahi Jews
PM couldn’t take David Levy and he drove Moshe Kahlon out of the party. In this week's Likud primaries, the Mizrahim around him had no chance of finishing anywhere near the top.
Yair Lapid, the Underdog Who Believes He's the Man to Unseat Netanyahu
The slap he got in the army ■ The lengthy period as both a journalist and a politician (without full disclosure) ■ The crash as finance minister ■ The conviction that he’ll come back big-time ■ A chronology of the rise of Yair Lapid
Opinion Leftists, Don't Jump Ship
Despite the deep desire of all those who hate Benjamin Netanyahu to finally see him ousted after so many difficult years, abandoning the left in this election to vote strategically would be a crime against conscience
Analysis For the First Time in Years, It Looks Like Israel Has an Alternative to Netanyahu
Benny Gantz’s speech Tuesday was riddled with clichés, but the promise of statesmanship that the leader of the new Hosen L’Yisrael party is selling to the public will find takers
Opinion Ayelet Shaked Aimed for the Prime Minister's Office, but Is She Going Down?
Justice minister's alliance with dubious 'sex for judgeship' lawyer might show she lacks the minimal sense of smell to avoid people who, going down, tarnish everyone around
Opinion The end-of-the-Netanyahu-era Election
This election is like a midterm — a transitional election aimed at the day after the Netanyahu era, which all the political players expect to end in the next year or two for legal reasons
Israel's Cruel Treatment of a Lesbian Mom After Her Partner's Tragic Death
Omra Levi-Hazan was left on her own, with two small children. Her battle to get her partner recognized as a mother posthumously is story of true grit, but also of Israel's institutionalized insensitivity toward the LGBT families
Opinion Once Netanyahu Becomes a Liability, He’s Gone
If Netanyahu is indicted for bribery and leaves the Balfour residence, the Likudniks won’t burn the state down but move on and look for the next king who will help them rule it
Analysis This Campaign by Netanyahu, His Last, Will Be a Summation of His Toxic Legacy
These elections will be particularly repugnant. Joining the Arabs, leftists and the media as targets for slander will be the rule of law’s defenders – police, state prosecutors and attorney general’s officials. Their sin is simply doing their job
Analysis Those Who Shun the Grief Over Rona Ramon’s Death Are Only Arrogant
Shunning the grief over Rona Ramon’s death doesn’t involve restraint and rationality, only an arrogance that's cut off from reality