Democracy
Dr Suzie Navot.
August 3, 2023, 6:30 am
Current Israel crisis as opportunity for dialogue
Dr Suzie Navot said what is happening in Israel is part of a broader trend, with populist leaders gradually dismantling democratic structures.
By Bruce Hill
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau speaks at Chabad of Caulfield–770. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 25, 2023, 6:53 am
‘We have to love each other’
Rabbi Lau, a child survivor, said his message – that Israel's common bonds of loss and grief transcend partisan divides and retributions – had moved the Rebbe to tears and he had responded to his visitor, "I understand."
By Peter Kohn
President Joe Biden meets with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
July 19, 2023, 10:47 am
Herzog tells Biden that Israel’s democracy is ‘resilient’
President Biden highlighted his commitment to Israel and to the US-Israel relationship, while also telling Herzog that it was vital for coalition and opposition leaders to strike a compromise on judicial reform.
By Jacob Magid and LAZAR BERMAN
Wellington, New Zealand. Photo: Travelling-light | Dreamstime.com
July 13, 2023, 1:50 pm
Wellington City Council’s flawed Ramallah gesture
'It is still unclear what the grounds are for a relationship between Wellington, the seat of government of one of the world’s oldest, most stable democracies, and Ramallah, the seat of an authoritarian regime that hasn’t held a general election since 2006.'
By Juliet Moses
Marchers in the Celebrate Israel Parade in NYC on June 4. Photo: Luke Tress/Times of Israel
June 12, 2023, 7:10 am
New York holds annual Israel parade
US Congressman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat who is Jewish, joined the group, saying he was "proud to march and fight for Israel's democracy".
By LUKE TRESS 
Thousands of Israelis protest against the planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on April 29, 2023. Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90
June 1, 2023, 1:40 pm
Every Saturday night in Israel
'I fear for the future of democracy in this country'
By Peta Jones Pellach
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