State of Israel

Israel’s electoral system is over 100 years old - is it time to let voters choose their own MKs?

Could changing how voters choose their representatives make elections better suited to the country today?

|ByCHANI KAPLAN
Israelis vote for a party list, but have no say on Election Day over which of its candidates will ultimately represent them in the Knesset.Premium
Early Zionist pioneers sought not only to establish a Jewish homeland but to reshape Jewish life through physical labor, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.PremiumPremium

Keeping Jews Jewish is not enough - we must build them - opinion

Zionism built more than a State – it built a different kind of Jew

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

New blood wanted: Israeli politics needs an infusion of unpolluted leaders - opinion

I eagerly await the day, perhaps in the 2028 or 2030 elections, when the current crop of politicians will have passed – and that means everybody from Netanyahu to Lapid and Gafni.

|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
The flags of Israel and Palestine are seen on a map of the Middle East (illustrative)

The awakening: Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about more than borders - opinion

For decades, a simple explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took hold across broad segments of Israel’s Left and Center: at its core, the conflict was territorial.

|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT

Another Tack: Losing proportions

Offensive placards always proliferated in Natorei Karta neighborhoods.

JANUARY 13, 2012BySARAH HONIG
Sarah Honig in front of anti-feminist haredi signs 311