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Sudanese refugee get arrested by immigration police in front of the Knesset after marching towards Jerusalem from the south in protest of the new "Holot" detention camp for illegal migrants, on Monday, December 17, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 3:15 pm
The asylum seekers and the flag
Sudanese families were dumped in my town in 2007; we welcomed them -- from both ends of the political spectrum
By Varda Spiegel
Illustrative: A new interactive map developed by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy for its website Settlements and Solutions that is designed to allow users to assess the current viability of a two-state solution. (Screen Capture)
March 30, 2018, 1:32 pm
We free people must unite with shared purpose
We need healthy bipartisan debate on how to implement our moral commitments, given our political reality
By Donniel Hartman
Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz speaks at the annual World Zionist Conference, in Jerusalem on November 2, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
March 21, 2018, 4:42 pm
Ex-IDF chief Gantz may enter politics, says PM fit to stay on if not indicted
Former military leader also supports term limits for PM; says 'seriously considering' running for Knesset in next election
By Michael Bachner
Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky attends a meeting in the Knesset of the lobby for strengthening ties with the Jewish world, June 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 14, 2018, 10:21 am
Sharansky’s fight for unity
Despite the Western Wall debacle, the Jewish Agency chair makes the future of the Jewish people his north star
By Maia Morag
Illustrative: Outgoing civil service commissioner Moshe Dayan, seen participating in a state control committee at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 18, 2013. (Flash90)
March 1, 2018, 1:32 pm
Israel’s civil service is under attack
Upping the government's official influence over senior civil service posts won't do them any favors
By Assaf Shapira
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c) meets with settler leaders in his office on February 25, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
February 28, 2018, 1:16 pm
The price of Netanyahu’s stay in office
Each day this lame duck PM remains in office creates distortions that will prove very costly to undo
By Naomi Chazan
Illustrative: Likud MK Oren Hazan speaking during a Knesset plenary session, November 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 1, 2018, 2:30 pm
Disorderly, dysfunctional: The Knesset is Oren Hazan
At a recent committee meeting, one heckling MK after another was expelled from the room
By Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz speaks at the annual World Zionist Conference, in Jerusalem on November 2, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 17, 2018, 12:55 pm
Ex-chief of staff Benny Gantz eyes political career
Former general indicates he's talking to lots of parties, but says he has no immediate plan to enter Knesset
By Sue Surkes
The US embassy in Tel Aviv, December 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
December 7, 2017, 2:53 pm
The US embassy never belonged in Tel Aviv
Politics have kept the embassies out of Jerusalem; the US move finally rights the historical wrong
By Joel Haber
Cathryn J. Prince speaking with former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold on November 14, 2017 in New York. (Perry Bindelglass)
December 6, 2017, 2:15 am
‘More countries not only willing, but eager to embrace Israel,’ says Dore Gold
While rumors fly over his return to service, the Jewish State's American-born former ambassador to the UN says Israel has increasing international clout
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: A tray of Israeli election ballots for March 17, 2015. (Renee Ghert-Zand/TOI)
December 1, 2017, 3:38 pm
Power is built from below
Progressives will influence Israel's political reality when they replace the ideologues in government
By Maya Haber and Bar Gissin
Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War in Jerusalem on June 5, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 22, 2017, 8:37 pm
Barak: Bennett a ‘national clown, leads a faintly fascistic party’
After Twitter feud with Jewish Home head, former PM derides him as a former 'low-level officer masquerading as a security expert'
By TOI staff
November 20, 2017, 3:36 pm
5 steps to combat sexual abuse in Israel
Men and women alike must recognize that this societal issue requires a categorical collective response
By Naomi Chazan
Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, at the Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem on June 5, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
November 15, 2017, 9:42 pm
Ehud Barak: No one more qualified to run Israel than I
In interview, former prime minister and defense minister, 75, gives strongest indication of political comeback yet
By TOI staff
October 9, 2017, 11:49 am
When the best and brightest jump ship
The departure of top public servants and a move to up political appointments are a blow to good governance
By Naomi Chazan
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