Politics through a critical lens.
Close Read reads political questions with a rabbi's training in interpreting contested texts and arguing in good faith, and a technologist's eye for incentives and second-order effects, from an American and Israeli vantage.
Israel Elections 2026
Israel's 2026 election, one party at a time. 2 of 38 lists out so far.
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From Israel Elections 2026.
Yashar: what they've published
Gadi Eisenkot's party says its first government decision would be a state commission of inquiry into October 7, and it has already posted a draft of…
What is each party promising? Starting with B'Yachad
On October 27, Israelis vote for the 26th Knesset. Thirty-eight lists filed to run. If you read English and not much Hebrew, finding out what any of…
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