Haviv Rettig Gur
The Times of Israel
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Anatomy of a self-sabotaging reform
The judicial reformers claim to want democracy, which requires compromise, which requires trust. Why, then, did they start with such an extreme version of their reform? → Read More
No longer willing to carry the burden: Reservist protest hints at deeper crisis
The IDF is deeply worried that refusal to serve over judicial overhaul will spread. Such threats have been made before, but this time feels different → Read More
In Netanyahu’s Israel, from fiery riots to boardroom bedlam, chaos reigns
A 'pogrom' in Huwara and a fake state budget in Jerusalem all tell the same story of a government losing control on all fronts → Read More
The sudden, surprising indispensability of the Israeli presidency
As the judiciary fight escalates, only one institution has proven determined to bring the sides to the table, demand compromise and push back against narrow sectarian politics → Read More
Deep distrust fuels the judiciary fight and will shape its fallout
Why Justice Minister Yariv Levin is in such a rush, foreign investors are increasingly worried, and President Herzog's call for dialogue may fail → Read More
In the Knesset and in the streets, the leaders of the Israeli center-left are MIA
Opponents of the judicial overhaul offer no alternative, no vision and no strategy. These are given to a political movement by its leaders, which the center-left doesn't have → Read More
Why Netanyahu's conspiracy-minded government is treating every issue like a war
The new generation of right-wing politicians is bound by the belief that entrenched leftist elites lurk behind every institution and policy problem. The result is chaos → Read More
Who runs Netanyahu’s Israel?
The fight over a tiny West Bank outpost pits the PM against the radical factions in his coalition and opens a window into the inner workings of the new government → Read More
How 3 decades of Deri’s legal troubles now see Israeli judicial independence at risk
It was the Shas leader’s corruption imbroglio in 1993 that helped launch the right’s war on judicial activism, a war that now stands to cripple the courts → Read More
Battle over High Court exposes frailty of Israel's piecemeal system of government
The center-left’s fears are reasonable, the right’s arguments authentic; both sides should get past the current shrill debate and restructure a broken system of checks and balances → Read More
Are Haredi parties standing in the way of their community’s prosperity?
As Haredi factions return to power, can the inward-looking politics of yesteryear rise to the challenge of a community grown too big to live at someone else’s expense? → Read More
The Israeli left has lost more than an election
Israel's left has been in freefall for 3 decades. It didn't lose ground in the election; it simply woke up to the mismatch between its political institutions and the electorate → Read More
The anti-Netanyahu campaign that seeks to hand Netanyahu a victory
At the former PM’s urging and prodding, Israel’s extreme-right factions have united into a juggernaut that feeds off right-wing discontent with Netanyahu himself → Read More
Lapid’s near-impossible task: Why victory may not be in the cards
The prime minister's campaign is beset on all sides by political paradoxes. For a start, how does he grow his party without cannibalizing his allies? → Read More
Fifth time's a charm? ToI's guide to the 39 parties vying for your vote, again
From Netanyahu supporters to those trying to block his return to power, plus a TikTok star and a Telegrass activist, what you need to know about the parties running on November 1 → Read More
The threshold of political pain: How a tiny reform radicalized Israeli politics
A seemingly small change to election rules passed in 2014 has backfired, empowering extreme parties and playing a central role in producing our belligerent and deadlocked reality → Read More
Finally, Netanyahu can campaign against someone other than himself
Chastened by the failure of identity politics and fearmongering to deliver a win, and freed of the limits of incumbency, the Likud leader tries a new tack: Running on the issues → Read More
Netanyahu embarks on a campaign that’s shaping up as his last hurrah
If he fails for a fifth time to form a government, polls show the Likud leader will find himself without Haredi support and challenged within his party. He has one last chance → Read More
With Russian threat looming, European Union chief looks to Israel for solutions
As it retools for a more dangerous world after invasion of Ukraine, Europe increasingly sees in Jerusalem a valuable ally on defense, energy, food security and more → Read More
Even if the Bennett government survives, Israel’s political paralysis has returned
Silman didn’t want and couldn’t handle the powerful position she was in. Her resignation brings back the hobbled governments of 2019-2021, and ordinary Israelis will pay the price → Read More