Opinion

Seeking a pardon before a verdict – particularly when the defendant is the prime minister – creates an extraordinary situation that could destabilize the relations between the branches of government.

It would be in Israel’s best interests to grant the request on the condition that Netanyahu agrees to finish out his present term and retire from politics. 

Sofer, the first religious Zionist leader to publicly draw a red line on the draft bill, is making a choice to protect the "future of the IDF" over his own ministerial career.

With the haredi draft and West Bank annexation alone, there are major issues on the table to be faced in the future.

As war in Venezuela looms and the President of the United States orders the sky shut, I ask: Remember the innocent people of Venezuela. Remember our Jewish brothers and sisters who live there.

By blocking a lawful public lecture, activists misused Cleveringa’s name and violated the sacred principle on which the academy is founded.

The Lebanese government's equivocation means that Hezbollah could yet survive in perhaps a more limited, but still highly dangerous, form.

Israel appears to have little choice but to undertake preemptive action to signal that a Houthi entrenchment in Syria will not be tolerated.

The ceasefire is unsustainable. Lebanon’s government and armed forces are unwilling and unable to confront Hezbollah, making enforcement impossible.

Netanyahu’s request for a pardon forces Israel to confront a decade of legal battles and the question of whether extending the trial is in the public's best interest.