Their new book builds on those insights by looking at how Israeli society functions at large. In the past 15 years, Israel’s G.D.P. per capita has risen above that of Britain, France and Japan.

The book concludes before the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, which paused but did not end the debate about democracy in Israel. It is an enormously valuable resource for understanding the Israeli ...

The incoming Israeli government includes ultra-nationalists who Israeli democracy groups and Palestinians fear could touch off violence and damage liberal norms. Ultranationalists are about to ...

But this ultranationalist, messianic Israeli government is not America’s ally. ... He is the author of seven books, including “From Beirut to Jerusalem,” which won the National Book Award.

Since the establishment of Israel’s hardline government last December, U.S. foreign policy experts have expressed increasing concern over the future of their countries’ special relationship ...