Feiglin’s Superficiality
My apology to Moshe Feiglin for the personalized title of my remarks on his article on insubordination. But I do urge readers to examine carefully...
Category : A Sovereign Statehood
A Message of Public Interest
To all the academics, journalists, and other opinion-makers in Israel who say that Israel is a democracy, please enlighten the undersigned by identifying the source...
Uncomfortable Issues
Israel’s ruling elites—politicians and judges, academics and journalists—say that Israel is a democracy, and most people believe them. Let’s examine this issue. A basic principle...
What is a Jew and What is a Jewish State?
Edited transcript of the Eidelberg Report. Israel National Radio, July 27, 2009. In a recent article, I referred to Raphael Patai’s The Jewish Mind. Such...
How Dictatorships Stay in Power
Only From Yamin Israel. To stay in power, dictatorships make their subjects feel dependent on their rulers. To this end they must (1) concentrate decision-making in...
Demophrenia Updated
I am in the process of publishing a second and updated version of my book Demophrenia: Israel and the Malaise of Democracy. The updated version...
Thinking About “Occupied Territory”
What territory should we be thinking about? Answer, the Land of Israel in which Jews have lived since the time of Abraham, the teacher of...
Democracy and the Secret “Rule of Law” in Israel
There is much misunderstanding in the Diaspora and even in Israel about Israel’s system of government—an assortment of institutions that endow a few men with...
Israel’s Disarray
Israel today is in a state of political disarray. Established political parties like the National Religious Party are dissolving. Other parties like Labor have become...
Five Basic Arguments Against A Palestinian State
Contrary to the governments of the United States and Israel, various experts in both countries reject the “two-state” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I shall...