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Ruth Margalit
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- Letter from Jerusalem
The Precarious Position of Benjamin Netanyahu
The Prime Minister’s pre-trial hearing provides a Rorschach test of sorts for Israelis and has made both his admirers and his critics apprehensive.
October 8, 2019
- Letter from Jerusalem
How the Religious Right Transformed Israeli Education
In the past decade, Israeli civil society has undergone a process of “religionization,” most notably in its public schools.
August 23, 2019
- Letter from Jerusalem
What Israeli and Palestinian Activists Had Hoped to Tell Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
The fallout from Israel’s ban on the two members of Congress has exposed a growing rift in the country over how to respond to B.D.S. supporters.
August 20, 2019
- Culture Desk
Seeing Inside the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Community on the Netflix Series “Shtisel”
The show, which was created by two men with intimate knowledge of the Haredi community, mines drama from the restrictions of ultra-Orthodox life but doesn’t suggest that its central characters want or need to escape.
April 14, 2019
- News Desk
Gazan Women Are No Longer Able to Enter Israel for Cancer Treatment
Since the beginning of 2018, with no announcement of a change in policy, more than half of applications for medical permits from Gaza have been turned down or left unanswered.
June 28, 2018
- News Desk
Israel Contemplates a Future Without Netanyahu
As corruption allegations mount against the Prime Minister, his air of invincibility has been punctured.
March 6, 2018
- News Desk
The Corruption Allegations Against Benjamin Netanyahu
Corruption scandals are nothing new for Israel’s Prime Minister, but the gravity of the latest investigations suggests that this time there is suspicion of a criminal offense.
January 13, 2017
- News Desk
The Legacy of a Soccer Tragedy
How the Hillsborough stadium disaster changed England’s soccer culture forever.
April 27, 2016
- News Desk
At the AIPAC Conference, Trump and Clinton Try for a Do-Over
In their speeches to Jewish-American voters, both candidates tried to reframe themselves as staunchly pro-Israel.
March 22, 2016
- News Desk
The Tunnels of Gaza’s Next War
Hamas has boasted of building fifty tunnels since the Israel–Gaza conflict of July, 2014.
February 27, 2016
