Jewish state

Do the Arab parties accept Israel as a Jewish and democratic state? - opinion

The Jewish majority has every right to test the relationship between individual Arab behavior and their conduct as a collective group towards the state, its Jewish majority, and its enemies.

Ra'am head Mansour Abbas stands alongside fellow party member Yoav Segalovitz in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026
People at polling station during the Likud party internal elections in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2026.

Israel’s election system puts coalition deals ahead of voter choice - opinion

Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

The Palestinian national movement has yet to accept Israel’s right to exist - opinion

FOUR DAYS to the election of a new Knesset.

Israel has not invested enough resources into hasbara, and now we are paying the price - opinion


My Word: Gut feelings on Amnesty International

When it comes to the Jewish state, Amnesty International’s US director Paul O’Brien doesn’t have healthy gut feelings so much as hateful Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

 JEWS AND ARABS wait for a tram at a Jerusalem light rail stop.

All 25 Jewish House Democrats blast Amnesty head’s comments on Israel

Paul O’Brien defended Amnesty’s recent report designating Israel as an “apartheid” state.

House impeachment manager and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) sits in his seat reading a pocket copy of the US Constitution as he waits for the start of US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capito

Prof. Boehm's new book is latest in the two-state fantasy - opinion

In his new book, Prof. Omri Boehm claims that a Jewish state is not the answer to Jews' rights to self-determination.

 HAIFA, 1930s.

US Jewish convert ends hunger strike after gov’t promises citizenship by 2023

David Ben Moshe has ended his hunger strike to be recognized as an Israeli citizen after being assured he will receive full citizenship by January 2023.

 David Ben Moshe hunger strike.

Mansour Abbas crossed the Rubicon, more need to follow - opinion

This conflict will not end until the rejectionists accept defeat and recognize the legitimacy and permanency of the Jewish State.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett and Ra’am Chairman Mansour Abbas confer in the Knesset last month.

Celebrating New Year's in Israel? Why not? - opinion

As far as the Torah is concerned, we’re in the middle of Year 5782, but for the better part of our daily lives, we’re about to bid welcome to Year 2022.

 RINGING IN the New Year in Tel Aviv: I doubt any other religious or ethnic group has two calendars hanging on the refrigerator.

Mansour Abbas’s ‘Jewish state’ bombshell - opinion

Though he deserves kudos for breaking with the longstanding tradition of his peers in the Knesset, let’s keep in mind that he’s a politician with an agenda beyond what he touted in his campaign.

MANSOUR ABBAS, head of the Ra’am Party, is seen after signing the coalition agreement, at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, earlier this month.

Mansour Abbas recognizes the reality of Israel - editorial

Abbas’s bold declaration diverges drastically from the traditionally held views of Arab parties in the Knesset that Israel should be a state of all its citizens, and not a Jewish state.

MANSOUR ABBAS in the Knesset.

Israel is a Jewish state and will remain so - Ra'am's Abbas

The point of view of Arab parties in the past has been that Israel should be a state of all its citizens, not a Jewish state.

MANSOUR ABBAS, head of the Ra’am Party, is seen after signing the coalition agreement, at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, earlier this month.

Voices from the Arab press: New faces and new fears in Tehran

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

IRANIAN STUDENTS crowd the US Embassy in Tehran, November 4, 1979.