The Histadrut's attempt to aggressively unionize Israel's hi-tech sector threatens the health of Israel's prized and most vital economic sector.
During Obama's presidency, more people were killed in war than under Bush, who conducted two long wars overseas. The internal logic of the use of force proves itself once again
Nir Somech sat in prison for two years before being released due to reasonable doubt. What happens when judges care more about politics than justice.
The world is up in arms about Israel's proposed law to suspend MKs. Turns out it's far more restrained than similar laws in the western world.
He was Herzl's right-hand man, opening the doors of Europe's great powers to Zionism. A tribute to Reverend William Hechler, devoted Christian and lover of the Jewish People.
The death of a single Jewish officer, far away from home, touched a nerve among Israelis, awakening the feeling of brotherhood at Mount Herzl cemetery.
Often seen as an exclusively American phenomenon, the spread of Evangelical Christianity and its support for Israel is in fact a global affair.
What Christians remain in Bethlehem are
Israeli Arab leader Nael Zoabi is fed up with the violent rhetoric of "his" MKs. An interview with one of the prominent voices calling for coexistence.
Smartphones and YouTube clips are breaking the Palestinian lock on the narrative. Eric Greenstein, Mida's resident Middle East expert, tells the story.
The map series of "Disappearing Palestine" has finally found its way into the mainstream news at MSNBC. Dr. Ran Baratz explains all that's wrong with it.
Yagil Henkin, a Mida contributor, warns us to stop seeing his murdered brother and his wife as "terror" victims, as terror is merely a tool of the murderer.
Welcome to the Balkans, a region with a rich cultural history, lax religious observance, and fervid nationalism. Noam Ivri brings us the story.
Who are the refugees, where are the headed and why? And are the Holocaust allusions really appropriate? Seth Frantzman investigates.
Erez Tadmor reviews the latest work of the Jewish Yaroslav Hasek, Tuvia Tenenbaum.
25 years ago, Western military thinkers saw air forces practically win a war on its own. Too bad most wars aren't that simple.
Is the traditional Jewish commandment of charity a precursor to the modern welfare state. Based on a comparison of both, Hillel Gershuni argues no.
For fifty years, the anti-war version of the Vietnam War has been the dominant one. It's past time for a second look.
Binyamin Netanyahu stands accused of wishing harm to Israel's Arab citizens. His actual record on the matter says otherwise.
Binyamin Zomer of Noble Energy tells his company's side of Israel's natural gas controversy.
Rabbi Riskin has a priceless opportunity to show how communities can provide religious services better than the governmental rabbinate.
Seth Frantzman gives us an in-depth look at the triumphs and travails of the men and women fighting ISIS on the front lines.
The EU slams Israel for illegal Jewish construction over the Green Line - but has no problem massively funding similarly illegal Palestinian construction.
The proposed law to limit cash deals is aimed at criminals and tax evasion. In practice, it will hit the poor and the already income-strapped public.
Akiva Bigman takes a look at Religious Zionism's conservative credentials and finds it sorely wanting.
Israel needs to find a balance between changing an unstable system and avoiding unintended negative consequences.
Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld pays tribute to a giant of scholarship and a warrior against hatred.
It's Shavu'ot time, and that means more alarmist talk of a conversion crisis in Israel. Elli Fischer explains why that's nonsense.
Ever wondered what would happen if Hamas "Broke the Silence"? Seth Frantzman gives us a taste of what it would look like.
Mumia "Obsidian" Ali talks about the experience of the Abandoned - working class American Black men left to fend entirely for themselves.
The solution to Baltimore, and to the Black community in general, lies in recognizing the problem of the invisible and discarded Black man.
We present the new Justice MInister with a serious challenge: rolling back the Attorney General's unilateral seizure of authority.
If Mida got a hold of Iran's secret negotiating playbook, this is what it would look like.
Contrary to common perception, the settlement movement was and remains a national project, not a sectorial one.
The utterly groundless belief that Israel is Nazi Germany reborn has wide purchase throughout Europe.
With the renewal of coalition negotiations, Mida would like to make its own proposals for (realistic) best candidates in the top ministries.
Likud political strategist Aron Shaviv talks about V15, the ups and downs of the Likud campaign, and right-wing politics in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Middle East is on fire, and President Obama's trying to put it out with a squirt gun.
The Battle of Galicia is finally given its rightful place as one of the titanic clashes of August 1914 alongside the Marne and Tannenberg.
Contrary to post-elections cheers and jeers, Israel's public remains staunchly pragmatic and non-ideological. Here's how the right can work with that.
Until now, Israel's right has let the left set the tone for discussions of non-Jewish minorities. Here's how they can change that.
Far too much of the country is without proper law enforcement. This must change.
Mida congratulates Binyamin Netanyahu on winning the 2015 elections. Here's how he can make the country freer, safer and with more accountable government.
A new documentary promises to finally tell the story of WWI from the Russian perspective.
A small but vocal segment of the libertarian branch of the Republican Party is ridden with Israel hatred. Israel supporters must take note and address this.
The alternative to a bad deal with Iran isn't no deal or war - it's a good deal, which meets universal requirements to prevent a nuclear breakout.
Yair Lapid effectively claims he and his party were only stopped from saving the state by Netanyahu. The truth is very different.
You can't move the Dead Sea - but you can drive away businesses. A cautionary tale on Israeli government heavy-handedness and damage to the economy.
By rewarding Birdman at the Oscars, Hollywood signals that it's more interested in itself than the world around it.
The recent success of BDS have forced a thorough response by liberal Jewish academics. The book tells us as much about them as it does about BDS.
The V15 campaign is nothing less than an internationally backed campaign to defeat a democratically elected incumbent government they don't like.
If you were dictator of Israel, what would you do? Economist Gilad Alper would free the economy with a few swift strokes of the pen.
Rav Goren is the symbol of the futile effort to force halakha and the state into a single unit. The Langer case held out a better option - which was missed.
Thanks to an arcane election system and an apathetic and sectorial right, the radical left is kingmaker of judges in Israel. Time for a change.
Germany has been subsidizing much of Europe for too long. Time for them to emulate the Swiss and ditch the Euro - for everyone's benefit.
Ricky Maman has a few choice words on the tendency of the media to "count women candidates" as though they need be nothing else.
With the Labour Party veering left, Meretz fights to prove it's still relevant and necessary. Eric Greenstein has the story.
Justice accepts no preconditions - and neither did Alberto Nisman. A professional and personal look at a man who paid with his life to find out the truth.
Michael Oren's political plan is based on a diplomatic promissory note which has long since been disavowed, and never meant what he thought it meant.
Israel already has more academics than it knows what to do with. Time to fix the real problem: the bottle-necked economy.
Inefficiency, overextension and looming obsolescence: the Israel Postal Authority is beyond saving. It's time to get rid of it.
Wondering why Israeli public initiatives take forever or never happen at all? Ask the unelected and unaccountable District Regional Planning Committee.
Senior Economist Dr. Michael Sarel talks about Yair Lapid, Binyamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennet and Israel's economic problems and prospects.
Israel's reactions thus far to Palestinian unilateral moves have been defensive and empty. It's time to make the other side sweat.
This Likud primary will be determined by organized interest groups and not ordinary members and citizens. Don't like it? Next time, go vote.
Leader of the Aramean Christian community Father Gabriel Nadaf explains why a Jewish and democratic Israel is crucial for Middle Eastern Christians
Yair Lapid promised that things would be better in the economy in a year and a half. He actually made things much worse.
Rather than react emotionally to public and diplomatic attacks on Israel, Seth Frantzman proposes a plan on how to bypass or frustrate them.
Avigdor Lieberman is often seen as the very picture of a right-winger who "gets things done". But do his actions match his words?
Like it or not, Israel needs effective hasbara to thrive in a hostile world. Dr. Lynette Nusbacher explains why and how.
Dianne Feinstein's report on CIA torture is part of a long history of choosing "justice" over solutions, something Israel is all too familiar with.
Dr. Samuel Gregg claims culture, not just institutions, drive economic prosperity. It's a shame that Israeli economic culture supports the opposite.
The New Yorker's recent articles on Israel make sense as the effort of liberal diaspora Jews to cleanse their conscience at Israeli expense.
Dakar Eilat, a veteran of Israel's police and prison system, explains how to restore law and order in East Jerusalem.
The present outbreak of violence has the political and financial backing of Abu Mazen and the Fatah. This lifeline must be cut.
Israeli Arabs and their supporters would have you believe that they are rioting because of discrimination. The truth is quite different.
The present riots are merely the spillover of years of lawlessness and non-enforcement of the law in Israel's mixed cities. Erez Tadmor has the story.
Yisrael Hayom's tactic of free paper distribution is widely practiced - including by Yediot, the rival trying to shut it down.
Many Israeli Bedouin would like to study in Israel, but can't due to high tuition and lack of a cultural fit. They end up in Islamist hot spots instead.
J Street is looking less like a lobby and more like the grassroots arm of the Obama White House.
If you think things are bad between Bibi and Obama now, just wait until after the midterm elections.
Anyone following the growing incitement and official indifference towards Yehuda Glick was not surprised at the attack.
Not every movie coming out of Hollywood is about destroying the social order. Here's a list of conservative films which double as great cinema.
Henry Kissinger's "World Order" endorses balancing of power to check "globalist" forces like ISIS. Sadly, he isn't entirely clear how to do this.
Israel's constant attempts to please world opinion have only caused it even more harm. The best hasbara is none at all.
Bogie Yaalon, former IDF Chief of Staff and present Defense Minister, helped shape the IDF's backwards and strange doctrine of avoiding military decision.
The Histadrut is forcing aggressive unionization on private companies. Who on earth would want to open a business in Israel in these conditions?
Talking to mediators, the IDF, and Jewish and Druze residents, Eric Greenstein shows what the Syrian Civil War looks like from the Israeli side.
Contrary to the good intentions of donors and activists, coexistence groups barely convince the convince. Real coexistence can't be forced.
The post-liberal atmosphere Natan Sharansky sees is rooted in disdain for non-Western Europe - of which the Jews were a vital part.
Despite representing only about a tenth of its constituency, radical Muslim lobbyists have a lock on influence in Washington. How do they do it?
Even in the shadow of death, Fritz Weiss brightened the lives of Jews in Theresienstadt with his jazz music. A tribute to a brave artist.
Scottish independence may happen on Friday. Stephen Daisley explains what this will mean for Scotland, Britain and Israel.
After a long struggle, Israel has recognized the Aramean Christians as a separate community, paving the way for their integration into the state.
For the 13th anniversary of 9/11, Col. Allen West tells Mida how America has responded - and how it should respond - to Islamic terror.
The international media's anti-Israel bias is a story of detached liberal elites in Israel and abroad reinforcing each other's prejudices.
The angry and often violent pro-Gaza demonstrations were orchestrated by a dangerous, unrepresentative organization: the Muslim Brotherhood.
Too many bureaucrats and all-powerful unions. These are just some of the problems Israel's education system suffers from, as Dr. Tzvi Tzameret explains.
Iran is Israel's main adversary - helping Hamas, backing Hizballah and building nukes. It's time for Israel to hit back - and here's how.
For the Jews, the fight against the Russian Army in Galicia in WWI was far from "futile" or "pointless".
With all the discussion of Egypt and Qatar, one major player has gone under the radar - Iran. Dr. Eldad Pardo explains their take on the war.
ISIS is vicious, brutal and barbaric, but it is no more dangerous than Hamas when it comes to real capabilities.
The failure of the Arab Spring is just one disaster in a long list of failed movements in the Middle East stretching back to WWI.
B'Tselem, a group formally dedicated to human rights in general, refuses to call Hamas a terrorist organization. No-one should be surprised.
The fascinating story of a key figure in the decades-old friendship between Israel and the Kurds, Brig. Gen. Tzuri Sagi.
William Schabas is heading the UN Commission with a guilty verdict already ready. He even blames Netanyahu for Ehud Olmert's Operation Cast Lead.
Thousands of Jews and Israel supporters engaged in Hasbara daily during Protective Edge. But how effective is it?
The Kurds are fighting the barbarous and well-armed ISIS to protect themselves and other minorities. They need military aid, not kind words and sympathy.
Mida's Middle East reporter explains how he left Barack Obama for throwing Middle Eastern minorities to the wolves.
Protective Edge has exposed the complicated position of Israeli Arabs in the country. Mida investigates where we can go from here.
Liberal Jews are at it again, bashing Israel over Gaza. Too bad they care more about themselves and their image than the problems they write about.
Yes, Obama is interested in a strong Hamas. No, it's not because of his middle name.
A new Israeli consensus is forming around Protective Edge, allowing the Zionist left to return to its national roots.
Instant social media and agenda-driven journalism combine to create a distorted story about Hamas innocence.
Barely visible in the world media, Hamas works hard to scare and demoralize Israelis and portray itself as invincible and even demonic.
Israel's present course of action against Hamas is befuddling friend and foe alike. It's also working.
Hamas is not the only player in the Gaza Hornet's Nest, and Israel would do well to remember this.
The IDF is fighting Hamas on the ground; we can fight the war in cyberspace.
Three defense experts lay out Israel's options for dealing with Gaza. Which one would you choose?
The Zionist project is far from finished, and the old challenges and principles still hold true today.
Believe it or not, there are Arab internet commenters who want Israel to show Hamas what for.
Israel's Attorney General and the Israeli Government are formally committed to fighting Hamas. So why are they preventing victims from getting compensation?
Dr. Sherkoh Abbas explains how the Kurds are a critical ally of Israel in an increasingly unstable and violent region.
The First World War was the result of deliberate and conscious action, not accidental and impersonal forces.
Is Abu Mazen a Holocaust denier or not? Dr. Edi Cohen delved deeply into his infamous doctorate to answer that question. What he found may shock you.
Like it or not, nature is not egalitarian.
ISIS or ISIL has been in all the headlines recently - but who are they and what do they want? A closer look at a rising star.
An African-American pastor and musician, Dumisani Washington is not your average Israel advocate. His perspective is equally unique.
Breaking the Silence claims to expose the ugly truth about the IDF. Turns out it's not so bad.
The Jewish majority in Jerusalem is shrinking due to emigration. The solution? Expand Jerusalem's borders.
For journalists and the West, Palestinian "reality" is nothing but resistance and oppression. Those trying to live normal lives are ignored.
The ancient presence of the Jews in the Holy Land is backed up by overwhelming evidence. Here's just some of the finds.
According to Palestinian-Jordanian Mudar Zahran, Jordan is both the problem and the solution.
Israel's solid foundation of Evangelical support is eroding among the Millennial generation. Action is needed.
For Israel's guilded lawyers, cheap, efficient service and job prospects for the young matter far less than monopoly-driven fees.
Quietly and with little fanfare, tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers protect our borders and citizens from harm.
Hamas' unity agreement with Fatah is a desperate attempt to break out of local and regional isolation. It does not bode well for Israel.
Tests are a necessary part of the education of the vast majority of students; removing them will worsen their learning, not improve it.
A Muslim mob heckles a group of Jews ascending the Temple Mount, as the struggle to affirm or deny the Jewish Right to visit the holy site escalates.
Anti-semitism didn't die in Auschwitz; it just changed forms.
The Israeli desire for economic freedom and prosperity is being driven underground by its own government.
Jews from both East and West are coming to Israel in growing numbers, increasing the possibility of a new wave of Aliyah.
Far-left NGOs and even foreign governments are helping the Palestinians to build illegal and dangerously placed settlements in Israeli territory.
A new documentary sheds light on an organization that wants to help Israel, whether it wants it or not.
MK Elazar Stern's solution to the Israeli conversion crisis creates more problems than it solves.
In his effort to promote 'meaningful learning', Education Minister Shai Piron is gutting academic excellence and concrete achievment.
Father Gabriel Nadaf outlines a new path for Israeli Christians, one which embraces integration into Israeli society.
Rabbis for human rights think they've found Zionist proof of Bedouin land holdings. The problem? It proves the exact opposite.
Is shechita truly inhumane compared to other methods? Not necessarily.
Israeli Christians took to the streets to protest European policy which attacks democratic Israel but ignores wholesale slaughter of Christians in the region.
Dr. Tawfik Hamid, expert on Islamic radicalism, thinks that Barack Obama has done everything wrong when it comes to Egypt in the past three years.
A founding father of Zionism takes aim at socialist methods of settlement of the country, calling them nothing more than begging by other means.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is a master at manipulating and appeasing political factions in the country. The Iranian citizen is nothing more than a pawn in this complex game of chess.
How does a long-time kibbutz member and one-time communist become a free-market advocate? Find out in this fascinating interview with Yehuda Harel, regular contributor to Mida.
Israeli Christians face an uphill battle against entrenched Arab political interests for equal rights and the ability to proudly serve in the IDF.
A major semi-official Saudi newspaper has been making pro-Israel noises, indicating a Saudi desire for greater - if silent - ties with Israel. Will anyone in Israel listen?
Business owners provide the essential goods, services and jobs we all need and want, yet the Israeli government treats them as a tax cash cow to be exploited and abused.
Saudi Arabia is internally religiously extreme and pragmatic in its foreign policy, even towards Israel. Yes, it makes sense.
“Historic Palestine”? A heretical invention. The right to al-Aqsa? Nothing less than a distortion of Allah’s word. An unconventional view of Zionism and Islam, courtesy of Jordanian Sheikh Ahmad al-Adwan.
Before WWI, Europe had been largely at peace for forty years, and faith in liberalism and progress was fairly universal. The slaughter in the trenches and subsequent political upheavals changed all that - for the worse.
Contrary to popular perception, Jews have been defending themselves and fighting in armies long before the State of Israel.
The Cold War borders separated peoples with walls and fences - and also demonstrated the superiority of human freedom.
A new film about Hannah Arendt recycles old tropes and discredited theories.
One Voice claims to be non-partisan, but is in fact in close cahoots with labor party members. This incestuous relationship may be legal, but it stinks.
This is what happens when a private, civic matter becomes to a collective national controversy • The folly of the Begin Law: When the Bill Comes Due
Much is being said and written about the new agreement between Iran and the US, France, Russia, China, the UK and Germany which is supposed to halt Iran’s atomic weapons program. While the full details of the deal may not be known, it is nevertheless extremely pertinent to question and maybe track America’s logic in driving towards this agreement.
A talk with Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin on identity, diplomacy and a bit of economics.
A new survey published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights reveals the worrying extent of anti-Jewish abuse in Europe
According to the UN decisions on the subject – only about 50,000 people, most of them elderly – are defined as refugees.
Forced transfers and suppression: This is how the Ayatollah Regime uses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to hide his own crimes.
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu was about to give a go-ahead to a strike in Iran, but Obama called it off.
While the State of Israel allows the transfer of people and goods to the Gaza Strip, the siege from the Egyptian side is getting worse, Yet the world is silent.
The Demographic Armageddon is being constantly re-scheduled and the numbers themselves frequently undergo strange and inscrutable changes.
If you ask Prof. Yossi Garfinkel, head of the seven-year archaeological dig at Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Ella Valley, there is no question that 3,000 years ago there was a strong and independent Jewish Kingdom in the Land of Israel • The completion of the excavations, and the uncovering of an expansive royal palace last week, drives what may turn out to be the last nail in the coffin of Biblical Minimalism, which has tried to destroy the ancient tradition of a sovereign Jewish Kingdom in the Land of Israel
Writing secret documents in cooperation with the IDF and concealing them from public scrutiny, attempting to shape a collective historical consciousness, PR campaigns to pressure vacillating public opinion on the Disengagement, alleging that the IDF gives settlers preferential treatment, urging top ranking IDF officers to demand the Government’s change of policy, recommending the scaling-down of […]
Entrenchment, hiding, running away and trampling self-esteem. Revealing the severe deterioration in the commitment of the IDF to the security of its soldiers and to the lives of Israeli citizens
Slashed budgets, plummeting standards, and political radicalization have turned Israel’s most respected newspaper into a case study in the collapse of modern journalism.
While the government holds interminable discussions about plans to settle the Bedouins, the Islamic movment is taking advantage of the vacuum in the field to advance an anti-Israel agenda
Orde Wingate was an exceptional Englishman, commander, person, and Zionist. His unique character is now discussed in a new biography.
There can be no doubt that the only one to blame for the removal of Gilad Nathan is Nathan himself.
Last summer's protestors really did have something to complain about. Too bad they went about their business in such a frivolous fashion