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Yossi Klein Halevi

Yossi Klein Halevi

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Two men, one an ultra-Orthodox civilian (left) and the other a soldier, pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old city on August 6, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 9:46 am
Humanness: from mensch to warrior
Donniel Hartman dissects the Jewish tradition’s ambivalent view of human nature, mitzvah as training for decency, and the IDF Code of Ethics now under pressure after Oct 7.
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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IDF soldiers at the emerging memorial for those killed at the Nova rave on October 7, 2023 (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
August 9, 2026, 8:32 pm
The Post Oct 7 Jew – with Sarah Hurwitz
How do the Jewish people reclaim our story when our very right to self-defense is under assault? Yossi Klein Halevi sits down with the author and former White House speechwriter.
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox man casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of municipal elections, in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90/File)
August 3, 2026, 12:02 pm
Israel’s Elections: Judaism on the Ballot
How does a Jewish state navigate its future when the most fiercely contested issue at the ballot box is the definition of Judaism itself?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 23, 2025. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 27, 2026, 9:31 am
Iran and my summer vacation
What happens to a nation’s psyche when the basic need to breathe is blocked by the geopolitical reality of an endless war?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Illustrative. An Israeli elections ballot box. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
July 20, 2026, 12:02 pm
Israel Election: the change we hope for
Is it possible to rebuild a shared national vision when a society remains deeply traumatized and divided over its own moral obligations?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox man casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of municipal elections, in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90/File)
July 13, 2026, 10:32 am
Israel’s Election Season: The opening shot
What do 4 political earthquakes in a single week – as the Knesset is on the brink of dissolving – reveal about the election that will define Israel’s future?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Security forces stand guard as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather to protest against the detention of Haredi draft evaders outside the Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP)
From the WebJuly 5, 2026, 9:54 pm
The Haredi Insurrection
Is Israel’s social contract breaking under the weight of the ultra-Orthodox draft exemption?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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(From L-R) Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, US State Department Counselor Dan Holler and Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh sign a framework agreement for a partial IDF withdrawal from south Lebanon at the State Department on June 26, 2026. (Screen capture/YouTube)
June 29, 2026, 9:09 am
Israeli-American relations at a crossroads
What do American Jews owe Israel when their own political and moral worlds feel under threat?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is depicted shaking hands with US President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, in election campaign posters that hang on the headquarters of Netanyahu's Likud party in central Tel Aviv, as seen in a video published on August 1, 2019. (Screen capture: Youtube/Benjamin Netanyahu)
June 21, 2026, 8:43 pm
The sum-of-all-fears election
Why is Israel’s next election being driven more by fear than hope?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Civilians and security forces at the scene where a missile fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon struck a parking area in Safed, causing heavy damage, April 10, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 14, 2026, 8:25 pm
As the missiles fly, then stop
If Israel has successfully degraded the capabilities of Hamas and Hezbollah, why do so many Israelis feel less safe today than they did a year ago?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Israel Day on Fifth parade in New York City, May 31, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 7, 2026, 8:23 pm
When the Israel Day Parade is more than a parade
Can American Jews define themselves through love of both Israel and America?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Yair Lapid (2nd left) and his wife Lihi, and Naftali Bennett and his wife Gilat at a press conference announcing the joint slate, “Together” ahead of upcoming elections, in Herzliya, central Israel, April 26, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90
May 3, 2026, 7:37 pm
Bennett 2026
Is former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett a right-wing ideologue or Israel’s great national healer?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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People stand on the beach during Independence Day celebrations in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2026. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
April 22, 2026, 7:39 pm
Hope for Israel’s 78th Birthday
Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi mark Israel’s 78th Independence Day with a meditation on eulogies, blessings, and the distance between the two.
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Bereaved families visit the graves of fallen soldier during Memorial Dayat Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on May 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 19, 2026, 7:18 pm
Israel’s 10 Days of Awe: From Yom HaShoah to Yom HaAtzmaut
How do we observe national days of mourning when the nightmares of the past feel like the realities of the present?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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Israel's First Government, photographed on May 1, 1949. Left to right: Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, Zvi Maimon (cabinet stenographer), Dov Yosef, Eliezer Kaplan, Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, Ze'ev Sherf (cabinet secretary), Pinchas Rosen, David Remez, Haim Moshe Shapira, Yitzhak Meir Levin, Yehuda Leib Maimon. (Hugo Mendelson/National Photo Collection of Israel/GPO/Wikipedia/Public domain)
April 12, 2026, 7:55 pm
The battle over the word ‘Zionism’
When a word carries history, burden, and identity all at once, can the Jewish people afford to let it go?
By Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi
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