Democracy

Are new Knesset proposals pushing Israel toward Hungary-style governance? - opinion

Concerns mount that Israel’s new legislation could reshape democracy in a Hungary-like direction.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks alongside former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in Budapest last year. Orban transformed Hungary into a quasi-autocracy, while Netanyahu has not achieved the same in Israel, the writer says.
A Satellite image shows a likely oil spill covering dozens of square kilometers near Iran’s Kharg Island, earlier this month.

In double trouble: Iran’s oil crisis – opinion

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich delivers a speech earlier this year.

What is Zionism, and who is a Zionist? - opinion

EUROPEAN UNION High Rep. for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks to the media, in March 2026.

If Europe wants to help with Iran, it can target its proxies - opinion


'God has chosen you': Former MK calls on Donald Trump to protect the free world - opinion

‘God has chosen you to deliver the free world from those who seek to dominate it and take away its liberties,’ writes Ruth Wasserman Lande

US President Donald Trump has been ‘chosen to deliver the free world from those who seek to dominate it.’

Israel recognized Somaliland – African nations like Ethiopia, Kenya should be next - opinion

Israel recognized Somaliland after decades of patience and Africa can no longer afford to look away.

Ismail Shirwac is seen holding a Somaliland flag and a Israeli flag.

Is Army Radio a threat to Israel’s democracy? - opinion

We were, and still are, concerned over the undemocratic elements in Galatz broadcasting and the proven biased media personnel involved.

An Israeli soldier serving at Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) holds a microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025.

Why is the West still turning a blind eye to the Islamic challenge? - opinion

We’re fed that the threat is imaginary even while schools censor themselves, police hesitate, courts bend, and citizens whisper what they won’t say aloud. 

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrator holds a sign that reads, ‘Glory to the martyrs, victory to the resistance,’ on Columbia University campus, on the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

Israelis still believe in the country, but not its institutions, IDI survey reveals

Only about a quarter of Jewish respondents described Israeli democracy as “good” or “excellent,” continuing a downward trend in recent years, with ratings among Arab respondents even lower.

THE KNESSET during a meeting on December 24, 2025.

Double temptation of exodus: Diaspora Jews mull aliyah as Israelis consider leaving - opinion

Western democracy no longer knows how to protect its Jews, and the Jewish state no longer knows how to protect their democratic rights.

 An El Al flight takes off at Ben-Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024

Israel won't be democratic without equality for all citizens, including Palestinians - opinion

Most Palestinian citizens of Israel accept Israel being the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people but demand it should also be the state of all its citizens.

VIEW OF Independence Hall, the site of the signing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. The document promises that democratic Israel would uphold full social and political equality of all its citizens, the writer says.

Antisemitism is an enduring conspiracy theory, and October 7 proved it's not going away - opinion

After five decades working in the Jewish world, former AJC CEO David Harris describes his journey documenting antisemitism in his new book.

David Harris is executive vice chair of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP).

The real war is Islamism's infiltration of Western democracies - opinion

Born in Jerusalem and raised in Malmö, Sweden, I watched firsthand the quiet surrender of a liberal Western city to Islamist intimidation.

Muslim worshippers in Utrecht, Netherlands in 2024. The ambition of the Muslim Brotherhood is the imposition of Sharia on the free societies of the West.

US democracy's decline is a warning to Israel - opinion

America is being tested as to whether it can keep its republic, just as we are being tested as to whether we can retain our democracy. Let us all hope that both of us can pass the test.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress in March 2025.