Democracy
After elections, Israeli Arabs now have political power - will their leaders use it? - analysis
Arab political power reveals a country more complicated than its slogans, with consequential choices for the parties on both sides of the coalition table.
Israel’s election system puts coalition deals ahead of voter choice - opinion
Don't waste your vote: What Israelis should consider before election day - opinion
How to vote in Israel: A guide for the first-time voter ahead of the Knesset elections - explainer
Masked vandal smashes entrance to Haaretz offices, days after similar attack on Channel 12
Security footage showed the individual reaching through the entrance grates and tossing two bricks at a glass door, which punched a hole through the entrance before he fled.
White nationalist group Patriot Front marched through Washington DC ahead of Independence Day
Many were carrying the group's flag, Confederate flags, and variations of the US flag, at times chanting "Reclaim America."
At 250, Israel needs an angry America to rediscover its way - opinion
Israel is losing both large parties, but there is still hope for the underrepresented pragmatic center.
When ‘democracy’ becomes a disguise - opinion
The hollowing-out of a word – and the agenda it now carries.
Palestinian Authority prepares for first election in two decades, as Abbas preps final date
Sinijlawi described the vote as an opportunity for new political leadership to emerge “after years of political stagnation.”
German intelligence flags rise in AfD's right-wing extremist potential
The AfD rejects the accusations that its views are extremist and has said the intelligence service's assessments are politically motivated.
Let voters have a say in who they vote in to Knesset - opinion
The adoption of a ‘semi-open ballot’ in Israel enjoys broad support across the political spectrum, both among civil society organizations and among the members of Knesset and their parties.
Pro-Israel Democrat Cait Conley to take on vulnerable Republican Rep. Mike Lawler
Both candidates support the US-Israel alliance while opposing Netanyahu's policies, though Cait Conley is leading in the polls in the primarily Jewish congressional district.
Newsrooms are not courtrooms: New Yorkers must reject media presumption of Israel's guilt - opinion
Genocide is a legal term, and whether a state committed it must be proved in court, not in the newsroom.
The West cannot save Ethiopia by misunderstanding it - opinion
As someone who has carried the identity of being Ethiopian, Jewish, Israeli, and American, I have learned that nations are not strengthened by outsiders who define them only by their failures.