Zaid Al-Ali gives an in-depth analysis of the newly ratified Egyptian constitution. He concludes that the decision does not mean the end for revolutionary hopes, but certainly does mark the beginning of a new era for Egyptian democracy.  

Blake Hounshell lists the challenges that will face John Kerry as secretary of state and argues that he's an excellent choice; with his political future already behind him, Kerry will be willing to take risks and make diplomatic headway on Iran, Syria, and possibly Israel-Palestine.  

Analyst Assaf David takes the Israeli media to task for its one-dimensional reportage of a Tunesian Imam's call for Jewish infertility. The Israeli media jumped on the story without any context, failing to note that local human rights organization had filed a lawsuit against the Imam and that the story had made the rounds in […]

In signaling that he’s likely to select Chuck Hagel as his secretary of defense, Barack Obama is sending a message about his second term. Peter Beinart argues argues for, and outlines Hagel's war-averse vision in the tradition if Dwight D. Eisenhower. 

In her latest book, Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism, Judith Butler critiques Zionism as a perversion of the Jewish tradition. She argues for a bi-national Israel. In his review of the book, Molad Senior Fellow Professor Chaim Gans argues that Butler's book is philosophically problematic. Gans argues that Butler's claim — that […]

In 2002, Israel's eletoral laws were amended to reflect international standards. This required that all information relating to surveys pubished during the election be be submitted to the Central Election Commission and subsequently be open to the public, data which includes information about who comissioned and who participated in the survey. The Keshev Research Center recently revealed that […]

Blogger Shalom Bogoslovsky takes apart Naftali Bennett's “Stability Initiative”, a political plan for the future of the West Bank.  Bogoslovsk refutes the assumptions one by one and shows why each is either outdated, unreasonable or simply wrong, and why implementating such a plan would lead to exactly a binational state. [HEBREW]

William Saletan at Slate writes playfully about how Israel managed only negligible United Nations support when the Palestinians brought their bid for nonmember observer state last week. Saletan explains, among other things, how the Israeli establishment's complaint that Palestinians are taking unilateral moves makes very little sense. Saletan reminds the Israeli government that if they want to […]

Dov Friedman, a Turkey specialist, argues that, while there is a great temptation to see the actions of political Islamists in the Middle East as solely driven by religion, their motivations are likely more complicated. Such a one-dimensional view actually makes it more difficult to explain some of Turkey and Egypt's actions. Freiedman suggests that […]

Molad analyst, Elisheva Goldberg, shows why the post-primary Likud Party deserves the title “Party of Annexation”.  Writing for the blog Open Zion, Goldberg quotes statements made by the top fifteen members of the Likud Party on annexing the West Bank — comments worth keeping in mind in the days following the United Nations overwhelming approval […]

Dr. Assaf David explains how the Palestinians in the West Bank perceived the close of Operation Pillar of Defense as a victory for Hamas, a result destructive to a two-state solution. David describes how, for Palestinians, the operation proved once again that “Israel only understands force.” This is all the more true when the Palestinian […]