Evelyn Gordon - JNS, Author at J-Wire

Israel’s constitutional crisis has been postponed, not resolved

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 04:55:50 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: The High Court of Justice effectively seized control of another branch of government, in flagrant violation of legislation that the court itself deems constitutional. Once the coronavirus crisis ends, a full-blown court-Knesset war will be unavoidable.

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Why do Likud voters support Netanyahu? Thank the Supreme Court

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:40:48 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: Millions of Israelis are willing to vote for a possible criminal because they see it as their only chance of curbing the legal establishment’s takeover of Israel’s democracy.

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Legalizing politics and politicizing the law

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 06:59:35 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: There’s a straight line connecting leftists’ rejection of the settlements’ legality with rightists’ rejection of the indictments against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Does Jewish morality require Israel to leave the West Bank?

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:36:50 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: Jewish tradition links the Jews’ continued presence in their land with their moral conduct. But nowhere does it require national suicide.

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Israel’s do-over election performed a vital service for democracy

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 23:02:37 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: Israel’s do-over election performed a vital service for democracy

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Palestinians are tired of being the only refugees denied the right to resettlement

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 01:11:50 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: It’s time for the world to choose: Either admit that the Palestinians aren’t actually refugees or finally start treating them as real refugees by granting them the basic right of resettlement.

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In today’s world, Orthodox and Conservative Jews should be natural allies

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 08:24:27 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: On the fundamental issue that has preserved the Jewish people for millennia—the binding nature of “halachah”—the Conservatives are formally on the Orthodox side of the divide. In a world where personal autonomy increasingly reigns supreme, that’s no small thing.

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A case study in why Israel’s democracy is alive and well

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 04:59:49 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: The true measure of whether a democracy is functioning properly isn’t whether problems exist; they always will. Rather, it’s whether democracy’s self-correcting mechanisms are working effectively to mitigate those problems.

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Once again, the PA shows it doesn’t care about having a viable state

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 06:30:21 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: Even if Palestinian statehood isn’t imminent, economic development now would increase the feasibility of any future state. So why is the Palestinian Authority refusing to go to Bahrain to discuss such development?

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By recognizing the Golan, Trump revives the idea that aggression shouldn’t be cost-free

Evelyn Gordon - JNS — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:47:55 +0000

Evelyn Gordon: International law used to distinguish between offensive and defensive wars. But modern interpretations have eliminated this distinction, and thereby ended up rewarding aggression.

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