75 years after Israel’s founding, the country is turning increasingly conservative, permanently ending the dominance of the socialist ruling class.
Israel to its citizens: be alarmed and alert in public to foil terrorist attackers
Israel has learned that strict gun laws were counterproductive the hard way.
Israel’s accelerating democracy
Following the greatest repudiation of the left in Israeli history, right-wing lawmakers are aggressively honoring their election promises.
Why did Putin apologize to Israel?

An antagonistic Israel isn’t in Russia’s interest.
The more Israel doubled down on COVID, the worse things got
Israel was everyone’s model of how to tackle COVID. How did Israel become a cautionary tale?
Israel’s vaccine treadmill
Israel’s early determination to fully vaccinate its population—when two shots were defined as fully vaccinated—led to it being heralded as a huge success story. But suddenly, the coronavirus cases are back, and […]
Jewish (capital) flight from Europe
Over the centuries, Jews have periodically been sought — and shunned — as immigrants.
The Middle East’s three-way war
How to make sense of the different factions and forces now fighting in Syria and Iraq?