Democracy

Reports of the death of Israeli democracy are exaggerated

For some, democracy seems to only be under threat when they don’t get their desired electoral outcome.

Democracy must be restored to Israel

The left's hysterical talk about civil war is caused by the fear that their decades-old power grab is being undone. Op-ed.

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Reforming Israel’s Supreme Court promotes democracy

Netanyahu’s plans for judicial reform are necessary to stop a powerful minority from imposing its will on the majority. Op-ed.

The false prophets of an impending Israeli apocalypse

With dire predictions about the end of democracy, the sore losers to the new government will do even worse in the next election. Op-ed.

The Israeli left does not respect Israel's democracy

The left lost the election but does not seem to be able to accept that loss and is forgetting how to play by the rules. Op-ed.

New poll:

60% of Israelis: Israeli democracy is in danger

A Geocartographia survey found that 76% of Israeli Arabs feel that democracy is in danger while only 56% of Jews feel so.

Who is the real threat to democracy?

Remembering the days when the Left ran Israel with a strong arm 1948-1977. Not exactly democracy as we define it. Op-ed.

Honor the election results, whatever the outcome

It’s part and parcel of being a civilized society.

Yair Lapid, Authoritarian and Unafraid

If Lapid forms the next government, the basis of Israel’s democracy and the basic freedoms of its citizens, will be imperiled. Op-ed.

Haazinu: Freedom of thought

Iti's odd to say that separating nations and fixing boundaries to keep them apart is a formula for unity. But unity is precisely that..

America’s Ukraine War response endangers our free-market regime

Economic freedom is tied to democracy. Sanctions not only wrecked the pillars of capitalism, they violated fundamentals of democracy. Op-ed.

The World and We, in self imposed peril

The free world is giving despotic regimes the upper hand by democratically voting in weaklings,who are leading us to national suicide.Op-ed.

How to kill a democracy

These are Bennett's Orwellian two minutes’ hate. And if they go on, they will be the death of Israel’s democracy. Op-ed.

HIstory is returning to its starting point

The neo-Marxist elite has begun to destroy not only democracy, but the states themselves, where. "everyone is at war with everyone." Op-ed.

Plea bargains should not be for prime ministers

Netanyahu’s trial ending in a plea bargain is bad for Israeli democracy, even if it lets us move on from a long-running nightmare. Op-ed.

PragerU: The difference between a democracy and a republic

Princeton Prof. Robert George explains that the US was created to be a republic, not a pure democracy, 'for very good reasons.'

Our mistaken ideas about human rights failed us in Afghanistan

Human rights are not a government, they’re a culture. America can and should export human rights. But by example.Op-ed

Stealing elections by deceit democracy

273,836 Israelis voted for Yamina is because they wanted to keep Netanyahu and Likud honest by attaching a right-wing pressure point. Op-ed.

China isn’t winning; the West is forfeiting

Challenging China means standing up for democracy and human rights. Is America still committed to those Western values? Op-ed.

Kingmaker Abbas and the impending downfall of Israeli Democracy

Israel is not Finland or Puerto Rico. It does not have a cohesive, peaceful population,the key ingredients for a democracy to work. Op-ed.

The right way to make Israeli politicians more accountable

Israeli voters have no direct access to Knesset members and little influence on creating a truly representative democracy. Op-ed.

Jewish and Democratic

For all the left's fear of the Jewish state becoming too Jewish, there is a clear danger of the democracy becoming undemocratic. Op-ed.

Vote for Democracy, Not Judicial Tyranny

Democracy is when a society is ruled by officials it elects. Tyranny is when a society is ruled by those it did not elect. Op Ed.

Your choice: Jewish state or democracy?

A duality of visions as to what we are all about has echoed since before the State's founding. Time to think about where you stand. Op-ed.

The D.C. occupation will continue until democracy is saved

The swamp is back as America sells out to China.The troops in the street are a warning to the country about who is really in charge. Op-ed.

For governments we vote, but in G-d we trust

The Founding Fathers wanted  America to be a unified nation. They realized that a pressure cooker is not what is needed, but a melting pot.

Ex-Defense Secretary: We must protect our country

'Stay Above It': Ex-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's call to preserve democracy.

Blind Samson - In Russia, we once envied America's democracy

Having started a "dirty revolution", globalists and progressives are destroying both democracy and America. Opinion.

A wake-up call for democracy

The type of instability the US is experiencing after Election Day is afflicting and crippling democracies the world over. Op-ed.

Victor Davis Hanson on 'the future of Democracy'

Commentator looks back to history and gives his analysis on where he sees democracy headed in the future. If you val

The power of public fantasies: Three years of political libel

Public fantasies are behind 3 years of political libel reflecting not hatred of 1 man, but of American democracy and the rule of law..Op-ed.

Toras Avigdor: The Jewish King

In Torah language, the king is not someone who seized power or won an election and rules, but the one most capable of ruling.

Democracy and protests: A perspective

Civilized democratic forms of direct and indirect democracy differ from mob democracy whose whiff arises from the streets of Jerusalem.Oped.

Democracy or divine aristocracy for the People of Israel?

Plato's list of types of regimes can be matched uncannily with what we are seeing today, with only the highest similar to a Torah regime.

All Ideas Matter. Even those that offend.

The top ten most educated countries in the world are all open democracies, that embrace intellectual freedom and freedom of speech. Op-ed.

Series on China, Article IV: The ultimate aim of the China virus .

Netanyahu: Immunity is the cornerstone of democracy

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says he'll announce his decision on asking for immunity within two days.

INTO THE FRAY: Israel’s dysfunctional electorate?

Poll: Eastern Europeans fear for democracy's future

Large survey shows most Eastern Europeans fear the fall of democracy, distrust the media.

The Israeli electoral system:and its history, explained

Ehud Barak’s Napoleonic complex will save Israeli Democracy?

America's social fabric is fraying at the seams

America, at the divide

Lynch-happy liberals and how they targeted those Catholic kids

Aharon Barak: Tyranny by majority beginning to develop here

Former Chief Justice Aharon Barak: 'It's an optical illusion to think Adalah and Association for Human Rights are running court system.'

Public opinion facing democratic despotism

Is Israel's system of government really democratic?

Israeli politics: A guide for the perplexed - part 2.

Israeli democracy in danger?

Why do nearly half of Israelis believe that their political leadership is corrupt and that their democracy is in danger?

Is big philanthropy destroying democracy?

Why is philanthropy failing democracy and how can it do better?

D-Day for Deplorables

A catastrophic man-made earthquake threatens us all

It's the Jewish State they hate

The end of the democratic dream

Arab-Islamic Culture versus Democracy

Is Democracy dying?

Is the end of democracy as we know it near? Yascha Mounk sets out to answer in his new book, “The People vs. Democracy.”

Pres. Rivlin: I sense so much fear around me

Israeli President warns of dangers to democracy, says Israel cannot be too afraid to make tough decisions.

Is statesmanship possible in contemporary democracy?

Democracy advances forward despite the hatemongers

Keyboard heroes, frustrated politicians and street urchins work to delegitimize a duly elected government. Opinion.

'Facebook gives a voice to the muted masses'

Rivlin addresses Herzliya Conference, discusses the changes in the perception of democracy.

'Why are only laws proposed by the left constitutional?'

Tourism Minister slams judicial appointments system as undemocratic, allowing one side to dominate courts and usurp Knesset authority