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Israeli politics

Some 40,000 non-Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan now live in Israel. How did they get there, why did they come, and what obligation, if any, does Israel have to them?

Yonatan Jakubowicz and Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic
Sept. 8 2023 12:07AM

The Israeli political analyst joins us to talk about the upcoming election, and the tribal identities that play into it.

Oct. 28 2022 12:01AM

The coronavirus has dramatized the tensions in Israeli society. This week, a ḥaredi communal leader joins us to chart a path forward.

Feb. 11 2021 12:01AM

Its twin coronavirus and budget crises are problems caused by—and only fixable by—political leaders, not bureaucratic maneuvering.

Sept. 29 2020 12:01AM

Protestors shouldn’t get special dispensation.

Raphael Bouchnik-Chen
Sept. 18 2020 12:01AM

How does Israel keep functioning despite constant political turmoil? Meet the opaque group of unelected bureaucrats that the country’s politicians rely on to save it from themselves.

Sept. 8 2020 12:01AM

Faith is what you struggle with when you do not have the crutch of easy graving.

Elliot Jager
Sept. 2 2020 12:01AM

Sacred cows and sacred spaces.

Raphael Bouchnik-Chen
Sept. 1 2020 12:01AM

Elections have been avoided, but the crisis continues.

Aug. 25 2020 12:01AM

The demonstrations have vuvuzelas and dancing aliens, but Netanyahu offers security and economic growth.

Aug. 17 2020 12:01AM

The real issue is the Ashkenazi-Sephardi divide.

Aug. 6 2020 12:01AM

New revelations on a bitter anniversary.

Nadav Shragai
Aug. 5 2020 12:01AM

Big energy comes to the Jewish state.

Oded Eran
Aug. 4 2020 12:01AM

A crisis of confidence.

David Horovitz
July 27 2020 12:01AM