Shmuel Rosner

This week’s “Constitutional Crisis” is typical of the way the government operates. It issues a statement, or a tweet and then walks it back. Oops, we did not mean it. Or rather, we did, but we also meant to deny that we did.

Do you want to convince Jews, and the world, that Zionism is a cause worth supporting? Explain what “Zionism” is, and perhaps it will turn out that the world is actually on our side.

Coalition supporters want to define Eisenkot as a leftist because leftist is a title most Israelis do not want their Prime Minister to hold. But this definition has inherent limitations.

As Netanyahu visits Trump, Israelis look to Washington with wearier eyes. What does the future hold for the relationship?

This war over narrative won't just be between Israel and Hamas. It will also be an internal war over the narrative as Israel's election is getting closer.

These countries plotted – or at least one of them plotted – to advance peace agreements with Israel simply to lull it to sleep ahead of a war at a more convenient time. Or so the “sources” say.

It is a challenge for which various solutions have already been tried and failed. Most of all, it is a challenge that doesn't seem to have any prospect of being addressed anytime soon in a way that leads to a final resolution.

Several surveys showed that there is substance to the claim that a degree of Jewish "strengthening" is evident in the Israeli public. However, all the studies so far have dealt with adult society.

The Altalena was a munitions ship fired upon and sunk by the newly formed Israel Defense Forces in 1948.

A blessing looks forward. An assessment looks back. This week, we asked Israelis to look back.