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Douglas Altabef

Douglas Altabef

Douglas Altabef is chairman of the board of Im Tirtzu and a director of the Israel Independence Fund. He can be reached at: dougaltabef@gmail.com.

Americans and Israelis see the merit of the Iran war effort very differently.
The total number of protesters against judicial reform barely equals a single Knesset mandate.
Defenders of the Supreme Court cannot explain how it has lost its connection with the Israeli majority.
Opposition to proposed judicial reform is being reduced to senseless calls for “disruption” instead of debate.
Israel’s new generation of NGOs are lean, mean and surprisingly effective.
They brought their boy home with no prisoner exchange, no concessions, no nothing.
Israel must not give in to U.S. demands, but protect and nurture its own sovereignty and pride.
Educational investment should be seen as designed to produce law-abiding, productive citizens. When you’ve been studying Talmud for years and years, you can pick up other subjects pretty quickly.
If we want young people to live and thrive in Israel, we must make sure they can afford to do so.