Avishay Ben Sasson-Gordis

Democrats’ Moves Paving the Way for a Sanctions Regime — and Israel’s Options

How is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reshaping diaspora Jewish life, and what should Israeli policymakers do to mitigate its growing toll?

Ahead of the midterm elections, an analysis conducted by the INSS researchers indicates that despite the media attention surrounding Left Progressive victories in the primaries, this faction will remain by far the smallest in the incoming Congress. How should Israel act in light of these findings?

A majority of House Democrats supported a proposal to immediately halt the $3.3 billion in annual funding for military procurement guaranteed to Israel. What are the implications of this troubling development ahead of the November midterm elections?

The stance on Israel has emerged as a key test at the ballot box during the Democratic primaries. How does this manifest, how does it impact Washington-Jerusalem relations, and does Israel have any recourse?

Israeli public discourse following October 7 has focused on the false “conceptions” that blinded us to the possibility that reality could develop as it did. The surprise caused to Israel by Hamas’ attack deeply undermined Israelis’ confidence in security professionals and, one would hope, those professionals’ confidence in themselves. More broadly, this should lead members of the security community to ask fundamental questions about their understanding of the world around us. Two of these questions are: “Where did I go wrong?” and “In which cases have I changed my mind?” Recently, but before Operation Rising Lion, we held a discussion on a social media network that addressed the question “What were you mistaken about in the past two years?” The discussion’s participants, many of whom have relevant military or civilian research backgrounds, provided meaningful answers that could help us clarify the changes that have occurred in the way we perceive reality. This article touches on the key points of that discussion