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Ariel Bolstein

Ariel Bolstein is the founder of the Israel-advocacy organization Faces of Israel.

Ballot boxes at a Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, prior to being shipped to polling stations across Israel, March 25, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Let Israelis overseas vote

Doing so would have a welcome and practical impact on the outcome of Knesset elections.

March 25, 2021

The ballots of soldiers and absentee voters are counted the day after national elections, on April 10, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

The Russian vote will decide Israel’s September election

Russian-speaking Jews are the Likud’s natural constituency ideologically, but the party has failed to provide them a viable political home. What can it do to turn the tide?

June 2, 2019

Russian immigrants attend an event marking the 25th anniversary of the great Russian aliyah to Israel from the former Soviet Union at the Jerusalem Convention Center on Dec. 24, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Likud is paying the price for ignoring Lieberman’s electorate

Russian-speaking voters have allied themselves with Avigdor Lieberman because other Israeli politicians have never courted them. This should end.

May 28, 2019

U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Gary Knight/Flickr.

What do we do about Jeremy Corbyn?

Israel should signal that if Corbyn becomes prime minister of Britain, it will downgrade diplomatic ties with the United Kingdom.

May 14, 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a J Street National Conference in Washington. Source: Screenshot.

Sanders slanders Israel … again

The term “racist,” which the Vermont senator applied to Israel by an irresponsible flap of the tongue, will inevitably take root in the public consciousness. That’s how propaganda works. Sanders knows that well.

Israel Hayom

April 24, 2019

Knesset member Ahmad Tibi, June 19, 2018. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

Will the center-left and Arab parties form bloc to stop Netanyahu?

The negotiations surrounding the creation of such a bloc are already unfolding before us, with each side marking their position and drafting their conditions for a future alliance.

March 12, 2019

Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid of the Blue and White Party make a joint a statement in Tel Aviv on Feb. 21, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Leftists in disguise

Ever since entering the race, former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz’s approach has been to blur the distinction between right and left.

February 26, 2019

Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List Party. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The left is right about unity

The Palestinian Authority has its finger in the pie, and emissaries of Mahmoud Abbas are openly working to keep the Arab parties united.

February 20, 2019

Knesset member Tzipi Livni attends a Conference of Israel Hofsheet organization at Kibbutz Nahsholim on Jan. 4, 2019. Credit: Flash90.

What does the left hope to achieve?

The Zionist left, if one can still call it that, does not present any alternative values to those it has lost.

January 22, 2019