Populism

Anti-big tech will be the most important populist message in the Western world in the coming decade

When it comes to the political populism that has spread around the world in recent years, which Eyal says should really be called nationalism, Israel is in a different situation.

For Muslims, who make up at best 14% of India's population, to become the majority by “love jihad” will require Muslim men to marry at least 481 million Hindu girls.

This is a reactionary phenomenon related to globalization, progress and science, all inherent to pluralism and liberal ideals.

Seemingly out of nowhere, Shasha-Biton is shaping up as the electoral asset of the next elections.

The unbridled arrogance, the self-pity, the shameless, hysterical exaggeration are all hallmarks of the new breed of “illiberal” populists.

“Right now, everything is political,” Hadassah Medical Center head Zeev Rotstein said.

The Jerusalem Post's Gil Hoffman appears on a panel at the Israel Democracy Institute's conference in English on the topic of populism and policy.

There is considerable tension between traditional politics based on a combination of down-to-earth pragmatism and lofty ideals about the greater good.

Actual policy making in a liberal democracy is based on sophisticated nuances.