Meron Rapoport

Meron Rapoport is an editor at Local Call.

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Far-right lawmakers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir in the assembly hall of the Knesset, Jerusalem, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel’s far right has unprecedented power. Why isn’t it satisfied?

Having realized many of its once-unthinkable ambitions, the right remains frustrated by what it still can’t achieve — and demands even more violence.

By Meron Rapoport October 12, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, Jerusalem, July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s ‘total victory’ vow kept him in power. Now it may be his undoing

With the coalition trailing in the polls, it seems the severe costs and unattainable goals of Israel’s ever-expanding wars are coming back to bite.

By Meron Rapoport August 27, 2026

Israeli officers stand by as Palestinian and Jewish activists take part in a rally marking Nakba Day, outside Tel Aviv University, May 14, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

‘Full cooperation’: How Tel Aviv University serves Israel’s security state

From Shin Bet recruitment to military training programs, Israel’s defense establishment is becoming increasingly embedded in academic life.

By Meron Rapoport and Aharon Porath July 30, 2026

The People's Peace Summit in Tel Aviv, April 30, 2026. (Ofer Amram, Sal Productions)

Something is shifting in Israel’s peace camp

At the ‘People’s Peace Summit’ in Tel Aviv, Israel’s embattled left showed signs of abandoning old formulas and embracing a politics of resistance.

By Meron Rapoport May 8, 2026

Hacham Salim in his greenhouse in the village of Jayyous, West Bank, April 7, 2026 (Timna Rose Peretz)

Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses

In Jayyous and neighboring villages, Palestinian farmers have been served dozens of new demolition orders intended to push them off their land.

By Meron Rapoport May 7, 2026

A fragment of an Iranian missile lodged in the ground in the Golan Heights, April 8, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

The beginning of the end of Israel’s ‘permanent security’ doctrine

Israel’s relentless pursuit of ‘total victory’ has entangled it in an unwinnable war with Iran, eroding legitimacy abroad and deepening moral decay within.

By Meron Rapoport and Ameer Fakhoury April 24, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an army base near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, July 4, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Less Jesus, more Genghis Khan: How Netanyahu sees Israel’s place in the world

The prime minister’s historical analogies betray an appetite for eternal war and barbaric aggression — a worldview now reflected in Israel's regional policy.

By Meron Rapoport March 31, 2026

Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, Nov. 5, 1956. (Fleet Air Arm official photographer/Imperial War Museums)

Israel’s last war alongside an imperial power backfired. This one could, too

For the first time since 1956, Israel is fighting with a Western hegemon for regime change in a war whose political repercussions are far from certain.

By Meron Rapoport March 5, 2026

Israeli soldiers stand guard on the Israeli side of the fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel’s new national consensus: Returning to October 6

Despite the spectacular collapse of Netanyahu’s ‘conflict management’ doctrine, both he and his staunchest critics are campaigning on its revival.

By Meron Rapoport January 23, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MKs attend a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s pardon request is a lens into Israel’s political psyche

The prime minister’s refusal to acknowledge wrongdoing mirrors a society conditioned to interpret remorse as weakness and brute force as destiny.

By Meron Rapoport December 10, 2025