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Ramat Aviv, December 28 – Israelis who obviously know better than you what is good for the country have already declared their dissatisfaction with the outcome of elections this coming March. A diverse group of elitists from across the narrowest ...

Jerusalem, December 22 – The diplomatic rift between Israel and many other countries over the moribund peace process with the Palestinians widened today when Israel announced that all countries maintaining their embassies outside Israel’s official capital of Jerusalem would be ...

Gaza City, December 15 – A scathing analysis of the material imparted to Palestinian students at UN-administered schools has generated international pressure to cut from the curriculum incitement against Israel and Jews, leading the organization running the schools to promise to ...

Haifa, December 9 – Dahlia Moshe wasn’t old enough to vote in the most recent municipal elections, but the upcoming Israeli national elections in March have her eager for the opportunity to participate in the democratic process, since she has yet to ...

Corruption at the top has long been a tradition in Israeli politics. Jerusalem, December 2 – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded harshly today to accusations he had developed a conscience or morals, following remarks by fellow politicians insinuating that ...

Jerusalem, November 26 – Two of the most powerful forces in government  – stupidity and inanity – continue to compete with each other for supremacy in bringing about the collapse of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition, Knesset sources reported today. Stupidity ...

Jerusalem, November 18 – Lawmakers from the dovish Meretz party reacted to this morning’s massacre of Jewish worshipers in Jerusalem by urging the government to promote public safety by banning Jewish prayer everywhere, as it evidently constitutes a dangerous provocation ...

Jerusalem, November 12 – A bill originating with the Knesset Humor Committee to take the electorate’s wishes into consideration while legislating passed its initial vote Tuesday to raucous laughter. The Make Obligatory the Consideration by Knesset Electees of Represented Yearnings ...

Tel Aviv, November 5 – Leading proponents of Israeli democracy are beginning to have second thoughts about the inclusion of democracy in their matrix of core ideological values, a new paper from a left-wing think-tank argued this week. In an ...

Jerusalem, October 27 – The Knesset Women’s Issues Committee took up the challenge of sexual harassment today, approving a measure that would penalize male parliamentarians for neglecting to comment on a woman’s appearance while the body is in session, or ...