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Dror Eydar

Dror Eydar is Israel's ambassador to Italy

Munchausen's Adventures in pictures by Oskar Herrfurth. Credit: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Not a coup; a democratic debate

We all agree on the necessity of judicial review of the legislative and executive branches, but what creates a counterbalance to the court? An open letter to Congress.

August 14, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi at his office in Jerusalem. Feb. 1, 2010. Photo by Ariel Jerozolimski/Flash90.

Berlusconi’s revolution in Israel relations

The late prime minister of Italy's commitment to the Jewish state was real.

June 14, 2023

Israelis take to the streets of Tel Aviv during a general strike against the government's proposed judicial reforms, Feb. 13, 2023. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90.

In this battle, we must not retreat

What is at stake is not just judicial reform; after 100 years a large part of the people has awoken to claim its share of the leadership—and not just based on ethnic grievances.

February 19, 2023

Israeli Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and fellow justices arrive for a court hearing on petitions demanding the annulment of the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a government minister, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Jan. 5, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Ending the rule of the judicial oligarchy

Why do we even bother electing Knesset members if it is ultimately the court that decides what laws and decisions are “reasonable,” based on the justices’ own views?

February 16, 2023

A table full of fruits and nuts, traditionally eaten for the Tu Bishvat holiday, at the Rashbi's gravesite in Meron, Jan. 16, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

The real lesson of Tu Bishvat

Eleven years after Mark Twain’s visit to “a hopeless land,” the community of Petah Tikva was established, awakening the somnambulant national consciousness. If we believe in our ability to resurrect ourselves and are loyal to it, the land will blossom and give us back love in return.

February 5, 2023

Palestinian supporters of Hamas participate in a rally marking the 31st anniversary of the founding of the terror organization, in Nablus on Dec. 14, 2018. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

The left’s burning desire to replicate Gaza in Judea and Samaria

Any attempt to analyze Hamas and other terrorist groups using Western tools, as if they are normative entities, is futile.

May 7, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with his wife, Sara, next to him, addresses supporters as the the results of Israel's national elections are announced at party headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 9, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Left-leaning media unlikely to look in mirror following Netanyahu victory

There can be no of introspection on the part of people who are convinced with every fiber of their being that they report reality strictly as it is, when, in fact, they are political activists like everyone else.

April 15, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference of the Likud Party, presenting the list of candidates, in Ramat Gan on March 4, 2019. Credit: Aharon Krohn/Flash90.

The left cannot dictate social-media rules

The same people who lash out at right-wing Twitter users who use profanity have no qualms embracing left-wing users who use the same language. I guess fine taste only works one way.

April 3, 2019

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) addresses the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: Screenshot.

From AIPAC apologies to a resounding battle cry

The irony is that AIPAC is making enormous efforts not to be identified as right-wing or Republican. You can see that in its choice of speakers.

March 26, 2019