Debate

Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu to televised debate, US tourist arrested outside IDF's Kirya complex

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot
(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

'Right thing for Israeli democracy': Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu to televised debate

Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow participates in the 2026 Toronto Pride Parade on June 28, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario.

Toronto debate on antisemitism takes place with mayors absence

An ElAl flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, February 25, 2026.

Who should get to vote? Plans for 70,000 Israelis abroad to fly home for election sparks debate


Israeli team wins world debate championship for third year in a row

Tel Aviv University's Gil Peled and Assaph Hannany, who competed in the English Second Language side of the debate, came out on top after a grueling week with 12 rounds of nonstop argumentation.

(From left to right) Tel Aviv University's Assaph Hannany and Gil Peled, the world champions of debate 2021.

YouTube takes down debate on vaccinations

By taking down our debate while leaving up many false statements, YouTube conveys the impression that they somehow validate the truth of everything they don’t take down.

RESIDENTS OF Inglewood, California, receive COVID-19 vaccinations at a temporary vaccine station last month.

Summarizing Israel's election through a song - opinion

A ‘sticker song’ that rolls campaign clichés and slogans into a dirge on our political jam.

CAMPAIGN POSTERS adorn a wall in Tel Aviv this week.

Public speaking: The power of Israel's next generation of leaders

It is no surprise that Israeli students have fared well in international competitions.

Ann Kirson Swersky (right) presents a special award to Bronislava (Bronya) Kabakovitch in Jerusalem in 2018.

Jon Ossoff’s debate zingers, remarks about antisemitism, go viral

“First, you were lengthening my nose in attack ads to remind everybody that I’m Jewish,” Ossoff said. “Then when that didn’t work, you started calling me some kind of an Islamic terrorist."

Jon Ossoff

Candidates tone it down at final debate that focuses mostly on policy

The candidates faced off for some 90 minutes, mostly around the response for COVID-19, the economy, and health insurance.

President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Biden participate in their second debate in Nashville

Trump vs. Biden: Quotes from the final presidential debate

Trump: "You know what? North Korea - we're not in a war. We have a good relationship." Biden: "We had a good relationship with Hitler before he in fact invaded Europe.

President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Biden participate in their second debate in Nashville

For Debra Messing, antisemitism never goes away, we simply fight it anew

In her latest podcast episode, Messing reflected on antisemitism's influence on her upbringing and political identity.

Debra Messing receiving her Hollywood Star of Fame, October 2017

Trump-Biden debate will feature 'mute' button after chaotic first clash

Trump repeatedly interrupted Biden during a chaotic and ill-tempered debate on Sept. 29, at one point provoking Biden to snap: "Will you shut up, man?"

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020

Biden attacks Trump's COVID-19 response as rivals hold separate town halls

Although the two candidates were not sharing a stage, it was immediately clear that the coronavirus pandemic, and Trump's recent bout with COVID-19, would be a major topic at both events.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participates in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with U.S. President Donald Trump.