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Israeli politics has historically been predicated on the need for further colonialism, strengthening the Jewish identity of the state at the expense of Palestinians, and the constant quest for war. Recent events suggest that these factors are no longer controlled by Israel alone.

From the blog of Chaim Ingram at The Times of Israel

The factionalism of zealots who are furious that we don't all want what they do gets us nowhere. We need an ethos of diversity instead

For years Orthodox rabbis maintained that working with Conservative and Reform rabbis lends legitimacy to their movements and views of Judaism.

Nostalgia is political suicide.

Just 28% of Israelis say they want the current government to continue.

Winner of numerous literary awards in Israel and abroad, Yehoshua succumbs to cancer; Eulogized by president and cultural minister not only for accomplishments but also for political and social activism

Influential author, recipient of the Israel Prize and dozens of other awards was also known as a sharp-tongued polemicist and staunch Zionist

As an author, A.B. Yehoshua was celebrated for his mastery of the Hebrew language. He was also a leading peace activist.

AB Yehoshua, one of Israel's greatest writers, leaves behind a body of work that is both intensely Israeli and also universal in its scope.