Uzi Baram
Opinion Counter the Prime Minister’s Assault on the Rule of Law
Netanyahu hopes his methodical use of incitement against the left and the media will rescue him from the long arm of the law
Opinion Labor Isn’t Dead
It’s still the party that supports a diplomatic solution based on partition, the defense of liberal democracy and a change in the economic and social realities that weigh on so many people
Opinion Yes, Israel Still Needs the Labor Party
No real change will come with the help of Benny Gantz’s troops alone. They desperately need a strong, living, breathing Zionist left
Opinion The Scary New Jerusalem
The religious mayoral candidate, who could never be elected on his own, is liable to succeed anyhow, because the capital may not be cut out for the 'awakening' it so badly needs
Opinion Israel's Very Own McCarthy
The U.S. senator that America rejected in 1954 has been resurrected in the only democracy in the Middle East
Opinion Trump's Support for Two-state Solution Might Please Leftists, but Shouldn't Be Believed
Trump can’t support a two-state solution because in the American reality he is dependent on evangelical preachers
Israel's Opposition Needs Sincere Leaders
The great mistake of the camp opposing the right is that it hasn’t clearly demarcated the 'good' and 'bad' players, and hasn’t fought for its own truth
Opinion Uri Avnery’s ‘White General Staff’
I was 17 years old when I met Avnery, and left there like someone who had visited an enemy country, but the meeting became deeply etched in my consciousness
Opinion The Deception of the Apologists for Israel's Nation-state Law
The nation-state law is not only an unnecessary law, it is an abhorrent law. Its explicit intentions have been spelled out by each of its architects
Opinion Right Wingers in the Service of Orthodoxy
In the process of two ministers fleeing the panel overseeing plans to extend a mixed-gender prayer space, the secular right wing gives an additional stamp of approval to Orthodox hegemony
Opinion Messi and Israelism
The Israeli waiter's identification with his country is so strong that even a Messi fan like him found himself booing the Argentinean star after he canceled a game in Jerusalem
Opinion Learning From the Pride Parade
It must inspire to set the agenda with respect to the struggle for absolute equality between men and women, against exclusion of women in the public space and against gender segregation
Opinion Israel’s Citizens Will Pay the Price
Netanyahu, unlike Trump, may actually be capable of weighing substantive considerations, but he’s a prisoner of both religious and secular hawks and of his defense minister, who lacks any real judgment