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MK Yuli Edelstein has spent a year holding talks on ultra-Orthodox enlistment without delivering a draft law, exposing a gap between his rhetoric and real progress.
Even in the middle of war, it is vital that the public voices its opinion and criticizes the government, which goes against the sentiments of some Israeli voters.
In the wake of October 7, the ancient teaching of the four kinyan has never felt more relevant, reminding us of the strength and unity within the Jewish people.
India’s principal objective is to pressure Pakistan to disengage from patronizing Islamist radicals with universalist pretensions.
The government's continuation of the war without clarifying an end goal is a stain on the country and a slap in the face to reservists.
This is a war against the existence of Israel, the Jewish state. Hamas has Israel’s destruction written as an aim in its charter. The Houthis are even less subtle.
Although there had been predictions that the war would go on for two years, I couldn’t internalize that we wouldn’t have finished the fighting or brought home the hostages in the first year.
The worst fires in modern Israeli history erupted just as our people sought to celebrate our hard-won independence.
We must be vocal in supporting India’s right to defend itself. We must push for international condemnation of Pakistan’s terror infrastructure.