The February Knesset Elections
The press reports that 43 parties are registered to run in Israel’s February 10, 2009 Knesset elections. This absurd phenomenon is the direct consequence of...
Category : Representation
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...
Two Cheers
Two cheers for Nathan D. Wirtschafter, a member of the Likud, whose article in The Jerusalem Post (September 11, 2008), “Direct elections begin with the...
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, or rather the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), has a total area of 422 square miles on which reside some seven million...
Needed: A Jewish State in Israel
The socialists who founded modern Israel were committed not to a Jewish state so much as to a secular democratic state. The economic goals of...
Poli. Sci. 101 for MK Yitzhak Levy
Knesset Member Yitzhak Levy wants to raise the number of Knesset members from 120 to 150. As reported in The Jerusalem Post last week (June...
Hidden Causes of Corruption and Treason in Israel
Part I: Corruption I have pointed out many times that corruption in Israel’s government is not simply the consequence of dishonest politicians. Political corruption in...
For the Record: A Revolutionary Proposal
Tomorrow I leave on a three-week lecture tour of the United States. My primary topic will be “What Can You Do To Save Israel?” Before...
Bernard Lewis on Electoral Reform
The Jerusalem Conference concluded Wednesday night with a packed-house lecture by Bernard Lewis, a world-renowned expert on Islamic history and the relationship between Islam and...
Eureka!—Enlarged
Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. Professor Yehezkel Dror, a member of the Winograd Committee as well as a world-renowned Israel Prize Laureate in public...