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David Isaac

David Isaac

Explore Senior Israel Correspondent David Isaac’s expert analysis on Jewish history, politics, and current events at JNS.

As many as 1,000 people from 60 nations attended the opening session held in Tel Aviv.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak claims that Benjamin Netanyahu is intent on destroying Israeli democracy.
“They’ve given him a prize for breaking the law,” says Kibbutz Moran’s head rancher, after the ILA transfers 118 acres of pasturage to Bedouin cattle-herder Wahib Lahayeb.
Harassment by reform opponents spills over into the United States.
Opponents of free speech force book launch out of Tel Aviv.
Yesh Atid is demanding that Justice Minister Yariv Levin convene the Judicial Selection Committee by the end of June.
“Judea and Samaria is Israel’s biblical heartland,” says Rep. Mindy McAlindon.
Ronen Shoval’s opponents say his association with the Im Tirtzu Zionist student group should disqualify him.
European Jews need to be consulted when it comes to plans that concern them, says EJA chairman Menachem Margolin.
“It is a great privilege to come here again for the first time as a member of the Knesset,” said Likud MK Dan Illouz.
The parliament is “deeply concerned” by E.U. taxpayer funding for NGOs with links to “radical religious and political organizations.”
“Israel must understand that national security is first of all national ethos—it’s ‘Who are we? Why are we here? What’s our legacy as a nation,’” said Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi.