Israel Devoid Of Any Ideology: What Is To Be Done?
When the Likud dropped to 12 seats in the March 2006 election, this meant that secular Zionism was dead. Moreover, in that election the National...
Category : Zionism/Nationalism
A Legacy of Betrayal
I think any person that joins or votes Likud because it is reputed to be a Zionist party has been deceived or, if he or...
Three of Israel’s Basic Flaws
During the past three decades, patriots of Israel—religious and non-religious—have been bewildered by the political instability and political ineptitude of Israel’s government. Anyone who has...
From Martin Buber to Michael Oren
What does Martin Buber have in common with Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States? In response to the Obama administration’s objection to settlements,...
The Likud: A Dead Man Walking
The Likud is a dead man walking, and no one can enliven that intellectually sterile party. This means that political Zionism is dead. It died...
What Should Israel Look Up to?
What is most decisive about the character of a nation is what its people look up to and admire. Sometimes what people look up to...
“You Can’t Make A Crooked Line Straight”
The Sages say, “You can’t make a crooked line straight.” This prompted the present writer to warn a reputedly right-minded organization against joining the Likud...
Without God Israel is Lost
Year after year I send this kind of message out. Now, with catastrophe approaching ever nearer, I urge all forthright Jewish organizations to to reiterate...
The Unknown Origin of Post-Zionism: The Flawed Conceptual Foundations of the State of Israel
Extracted (apart from the conclusion) from Paul Eidelberg, Demophrenia: Israel and the Malaise of Democracy, 1994. Contrary to conventional wisdom, post-Zionism did not begin with...
Do American Zionist Organizations Really Help Israel?
Just returned from a US lecture tour. After a lively discussion at one of my talks, a member of the audience, I’ll call him “Mr....