Society
Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett can pick up where Ben-Gurion’s covenant with religious Zionism left off
Empires
No matter how it ends, the Iran War has buried one world order and will give rise to another
Statecraft
The rich will give money, Jordan will train cops, Israel will build a port, Egypt will give economic space, and UAE will reboot the schools
Faith
Like the Taliban’s iconoclasts, the outer world is for them a stranger, progress is anathema, and religious diversity is a threat
Trends
Like Hungary’s voters, Israel’s will ultimately understand they have been taken for a ride