The Israel-Hamas war has fueled tensions around military exemptions, but the issue has long roiled Israeli politics.
- Professor of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilian University and Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies, American University
The Israel-Hamas war has fueled tensions around military exemptions, but the issue has long roiled Israeli politics.
Two religiously observant groups of Jews in Israel, the ultra-Orthodox and Religious Zionists, are increasingly acting as political allies. The consequences could be profound.
Antisemitism has been used as a weapon against leading Jewish politicians in Europe for over a century – no matter how assimilated they were. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is no exception.
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