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By: Adrian Blomfield / 15th November 2011 / / Members of the Kadima, the principal opposition party, waved black flags to mourn the "death of democracy" after Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed two bills that will tilt the balance of the country's Supreme Court sharply to the right. / / The legislators involved in the protest had their flags confiscated before being expelled from the Knesset's chamber at the orders of the speaker. / / The passage of the bills has prompted outrage among many Israeli politicians who see them as an assault on the independence..

Ariel Harkham / As it apeared in the Jerusalem Post 08/24/2011 / / / It is no coincidence that Rothschild Boulevard, one of the country’s busiest and poshest streets, has become the epicenter of its greatest social uprising. Rothschild was one of the first roads built in Israel. This boulevard was originally called Rehov Ha’am (Street of the People). / / In its earliest days, it connected one of Tel Aviv’s poorest neighborhoods, Neveh Tzedek (now one of its most prosperous) to Habima (the theater). It was also the road where, 63 years ago, the country’s declaration of independence was signed...

/ Preamble / בחודש ספטמבר הקרוב, הרשות הפלסטינית, תוך הפרה ברורה של הסכמי שלום עליהם חתמה עם מדינת ישראל, מתכננת לבקש מהאו"ם להכיר ב"מדינה פלסטינית", על שטחים אשר עודם נמצאים במחלוקת, בצעד חד צדדי וללא הגעה להסכם עם מדינת ישראל. לאור צעד חד צדדי זה, למדינת ישראל לא נותר אלא להגיב בצעד חד צדדי מצידה, היה והרשות הפלסטינית תבצע את ההפרה. / / This September 2011, the Palestinian Authority, in clear contravention of peace agreements entered into with the State Israel, will seek United Nations recognition of “Palestine” on lands still in dispute, without bilateral agreement. / / In light..

"Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few." / / "Tis impossible to judge with much Precision of the true Motives and Qualities of human Actions, or of the Propriety of Rules..

"The Hebrew word for ark, teivah, also means "word". When G-d says (to Noah) "Come into the ark", He is also saying: Enter into the words of prayer and Torah study; there you will find a sanctuary of wisdom, meaning and holiness amidst the raging floodwaters of life." / / "The physical life of a Jew is a spiritual thing" / / /   / "Your fellow is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering..

As it appeared in Ynet 02/03/2011 / / / Riveted by the populist uprising now raging on the streets of the Arab world, one can't help being astonished by the events taking place in Egypt, the largest Arab state in the world. Until very recently, Egypt was considered by most Western political analysts as a dependable ally under Mubarak. But with events overrunning this narrative, Egypt stands at the brink of a new era in its governance. Whatever direction this popular revolt goes, the West can no longer ignore the fact that there’s a naked emperor in Cairo, nor pretend that the Arab masses..

Ashley Rindsberg / / / Ehud Barak has done it again. Like Sharon before him, and Yossi Lapid before him (as well as Yitzhak Peretz, Amir Peretz, Saadia Marciano, and even Ezer Weizman), Mr. Barak has set out to form a new political party. This time, however, the new party will succeed. This time, Barak must be thinking, that magical compote of Zionism, strategic strength, and dogged peace-processing will actually work. / / Of course it won’t. One of the defining qualities of an Israeli is a firm possession of the Bonaparte principle: that he can—will—succeed where all others..

Ehud Barak has left a political corpse. But he wasn't the one who killed Israel's Labor party. Who did?

Yossi Beilin’s opinion piece “The New Ghetto” (Jerusalem Post, August 8) which compared today’s State of Israel to the Jewish ghettos of history, reminded me of the disturbing feelings I had as a small child, upon reading those verses in the Torah where the Jews, newly liberated from Egypt, cried out to return to their task-masters, for there at least, they had enjoyed meat. It was with this tragic episode I realized early on that with true freedom comes great responsibility. The Jewish sages of old interpreted this biblical scene as a lesson to mankind - that bondage, though a physical predicament..