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02/09/2026

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Does the Road to Washington Go Through Ankara?Israel tends to think about the Middle East in simple terms: friends and e...
28/08/2026

Does the Road to Washington Go Through Ankara?

Israel tends to think about the Middle East in simple terms: friends and enemies. But Erdoğan’s Türkiye doesn’t fit neatly into either category - and its growing influence in Syria, Gaza, and across the region presents Israel with a serious strategic challenge.

Yet that challenge may also create an unexpected opportunity in Washington. While Israel has increasingly invested in its relationship with Republicans, many Democrats remain deeply skeptical of Erdoğan’s authoritarianism and regional ambitions. Türkiye can become an issue around which Israel and the Democratic Party rediscover common ground.

Our latest op-ed explores why Israel should stop waiting for Democrats to “come back” and instead start rebuilding a relationship based not just on shared interests but also democratic values.

Read the full piece in the first comment and tell us what you think.

Vinter is coming. And Amcha Israel is not another “unity” party.Israel has seen no shortage of new parties promising to ...
26/08/2026

Vinter is coming. And Amcha Israel is not another “unity” party.

Israel has seen no shortage of new parties promising to bring Israelis together. Ofer Vinter’s newly launched Amcha Israel is different.

It openly identifies with the right, takes a hard line on Gaza, rejects a Palestinian state, and promises to build a right-wing government.

But its biggest political asset may be something much simpler: Vinter is new.

He didn’t run the country on October 7. He doesn’t have to defend the decisions of the political establishment over the past decade. And his party is targeting voters who feel increasingly alienated from the existing right.

That could make Amcha Israel a much bigger threat to Likud and Ben Gvir than yet another centrist “unity” party.

So who is Vinter really targeting? Can he break into the broader populist right? And why is Likud already attacking him?

We take a closer look at the political strategy behind Amcha Israel - and what it could mean for Israel’s 2026 election.

**Read the full op-ed in the first comment**

Three years after October 7, we risk repeating one of the central mistakes that preceded it: becoming trapped in a Conce...
19/08/2026

Three years after October 7, we risk repeating one of the central mistakes that preceded it: becoming trapped in a Conception, but this time regarding America.

When it comes to the U.S.-Israel relations, we see two competing Conceptions. One says shared interests are enough. The other says that merely changing Israel’s government will restore the relationship. Both contain some truth, but neither is enough.

Israel needs a new paradigm - one that recognizes that a durable alliance with America requires both shared interests and shared values, while understanding that both are changing. We explore what that paradigm could look like - and why we need to start the debate now, before the next October 7.

Link to the full article in the first comment.

What happens when an unproven accusation becomes a story about an entire population?Over the past few days, claims that ...
12/08/2026

What happens when an unproven accusation becomes a story about an entire population?

Over the past few days, claims that Arab medical staff at Rambam Hospital deliberately withheld treatment from an injured IDF soldier because he was a soldier spread rapidly across Israeli social media.
Rambam investigated the allegations and found no wrongdoing.

But the damage goes beyond one false claim.

Israel is already a deeply interconnected society. Jewish and Arab doctors, nurses, paramedics, entrepreneurs, police officers and public servants work together every day. We depend on one another - and our country is stronger when all of its citizens can contribute.

That doesn't mean pretending that racism, mistrust, fear or genuine disagreements don't exist.
It means refusing to turn those problems into a reason to treat an entire fifth of Israel's citizens as suspects.

A Jewish-Arab partnership isn't a utopian idea. It isn't merely an electoral tactic for the opposition. It is essential to Israel's future as both the nation-state of the Jewish people and a liberal democracy.
We wrote about why - and what that partnership could actually look like.

Read the full LIBRAEL op-ed in the first comment, and tell us: What would it take to build more trust between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel?

We founded LIBRAEL for a simple reason: American support for Israel has been one of Israel’s greatest strategic assets -...
09/08/2026

We founded LIBRAEL for a simple reason: American support for Israel has been one of Israel’s greatest strategic assets - and it is eroding, particularly among Democrats and younger Americans.

Dan Perry's new op-ed in The Forward takes a close look at our approach to this challenge.

Our premise is simple: not better Hasbarah or asking Americans to lower their standards for Israel.

Liberal Israelis need to enter the conversation themselves.

That means defending Israel’s right to exist as the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people, while also acknowledging where Israel gets things wrong. It means speaking about Israel in a language that resonates with American liberals - and being willing to advocate for policy changes when necessary.

We know that liberal Zionism - not government talking points - can help rebuild Democrats’ trust in Israel, one difficult conversation at a time.

And this is already happening: in the past five years, LIBRAEL has built relationships with 39 congressional offices across 19 states, trained more than 1,800 pro-Israel advocates, and reached tens of thousands of liberal Americans.

But there is so much more to do.

Read the full op-ed in the Forward in the first comment.

If you believe Israel needs a strong, bipartisan relationship with America - and that liberal Zionism has a place in that conversation - please support LIBRAEL with a donation, in the second comment.

Every contribution helps us keep showing up, building relationships, and making this conversation possible.

Dan Perry writes on The Forward“There’s a growing big lie in America that says that if you are a liberal — if you believ...
31/07/2026

Dan Perry writes on The Forward

“There’s a growing big lie in America that says that if you are a liberal — if you believe in peace, justice, and human rights — you can’t be a Zionist, in the basic sense of believing Israel has the right to exist as the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people,” he told me. That belief, he argues, has become increasingly accepted among younger progressives, even though he believes liberal Zionism remains entirely compatible with progressive values.

“At least some of them are persuadable,” Rotem Oreg-Kalisky says of progressive Democrats. His strategy is to sidestep the legal label of genocide and argue that Israel regains credibility by acknowledging wrongdoing where it exists, refusing to defend indefensible actions, and changing policy. “I don’t think the IDF is a force for evil. But it makes mistakes and it sometimes makes stupid decisions.”

Either way, LIBRAEL has already begun turning that strategy into measurable activity.

Oreg-Kalisky, a former research advisor to U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro, says his group has developed relationships with 39 congressional offices from 19 states, sends a biweekly newsletter to 75 lawmakers and congressional staff with a 37% average open rate, has presented its liberal Zionist narrative to hundreds of liberal Americans, and has trained more than 1,800 pro-Israel advocates.

With a staff of 15, all volunteers, its ambitions are considerably larger still, including regular congressional engagement, expanded advocacy missions to Washington, and a dramatic increase in outreach — especially on social media — over the coming four years.

Read the full article in the first comment. Supporting LIBRAEL in the second comment.

Everyone says Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way out.The polls certainly suggest that. But polls don't form governments - ...
29/07/2026

Everyone says Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way out.

The polls certainly suggest that. But polls don't form governments - votes do.

In our recent op-ed, we argue that Netanyahu still has a realistic path to victory. The reason isn't that the polling is necessarily wrong. It's that much of the current analysis depends on several critical assumption: that every anti-Netanyahu party will ultimately be willing and able to cooperate after election day, that frustrated Netanyahu voters would easily switch sides, and that Smotrich's party will not make it beyond the threshold while both Arab parties will.
Even if one assumption proves false, the entire coalition map changes.

Israeli elections are won through coalition-building, not by finishing first in the polls. That's why understanding what happens *after* the votes are counted may be even more important than the polls themselves, because that leads to the REAL question: what kind of Israel emerges after the most turbulent time in its history?

Read the full article in the first comment, and tell us: do you agree with the analysis?

21/06/2026

Netanyahu's allies turned on Trump - and not for the reason you think

20/06/2026

Iran: short-term quiet is NOT long-term peace

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