Likud
Why Israel’s Gaze Has Turned InwardThursday, January 31, 2013 by Yiftach Ofek | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
“It takes two to tango,” goes the oft-quoted idiom. Without a reliable Palestinian partner, the Israeli public seems to have chosen to dance with itself.
The PeacemakerMonday, November 26, 2012 by Seth Lipsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
About Menachem Begin the thing that I remember most was the way he talked. Begin wouldn’t say that he was born on the eve of the First World War; he’d say, as he did when a group of us from the Wall Street Journal interviewed him in 1981, that he was born “into” World War I.
Crisis in the CurriculumMonday, October 22, 2012 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In 1953, in a bold move, Israel passed a State Education Law. Before then, Israeli education was run by political movements and parties which used their schools not just to teach the three R's but to indoctrinate as many unsuspecting youngsters as possible.
Tal TalesTuesday, July 31, 2012 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Tomorrow, the Deferral of Military Service for Yeshiva Students Law (Temporary Measure), better known as the Tal Law, will expire. This law is not just any law: it is the latest enactment of the so-called “status quo arrangement” that frames the uneasy relationship between Israel’s Haredi and secular populations, and between religion and State more generally.
Frail Reeds?Wednesday, February 2, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Observing Egypt's current upheaval, a writer for the Hebrew daily Makor Rishon has ventured the thought that whatever happens there, and no matter who takes power, "the lesson for Israel is clear: Arab regimes cannot be trusted."
Editors' Picks
Bad Day for Bibi? David Horovitz, Times of Israel. "For all that this is not the government he would have chosen, it still finds Netanyahu where he wanted to be: at the center of a coalition that runs from Jewish Home to his right to Hatnua at the center-left."
Meet the New Politics, Same as the Old Politics Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post. "So this is new politics: Not using loaded words, like ultimatum and boycott, but doing exactly what they entail, while covering it up by talking about values. Lapid played us all."
Israel’s Election: Finally, Free Markets? Uriel Lynn, Israel Hayom. In the Likud-Beiteinu, Yesh Atid, Jewish Home, and Hatnua parties, Israel has the building blocks of a market-oriented government that could transform the economy.
Bibi's Lucky Break Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel. Yesterday's elections weakened the Likud at the expense of Yesh Atid. But Netanyahu has still come out on top.
Hold Your Peace Lawrence Grossman, New York Post. Contrary to press reports, the majority of Israelis supporting right-wing parties favor a negotiated peace. It’s just that they know the Palestinian Authority does not.
No Nate Silver Here Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel. In contrast to their U.S. counterparts, Israel's pollsters use small samples, refuse to reveal the precise questions they ask—and have been wrong about every election so far.
Lieberman On Trial Dan Margalit, Israel Hayom. As the odds against Avigdor Lieberman’s being cleared of charges before Israel's elections increase, so do the odds of Likud-Beiteinu’s abandoning him.
An Israeli Spring? Yair Rosenberg, Tablet. Will the next Knesset session provide the moment when religious Zionists wrest control of Israel's Chief Rabbinate from the ultra-Orthodox?
Home Truths David Horovitz, Times of Israel. Whereas Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu once hoped to win 50 seats together, now they are hemorrhaging support to Netanyahu’s one-time chief of staff, Naftali Bennett, and his party, Jewish Home.
Labor Turns Left Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel. Much like the Likud's primaries moved it to the right, Labor's primaries are set to shift the party to the left. But it is still projected to be the largest opposition party in the Knesset.