Rotem A. Oreg
Israel Can Accept Biden's Plan for a Ceasefire, But...
Last month, founder and director of the Israeli-Democratic Alliance Rotem Oreg visited the U.S. Congress for the second time this spring,...
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Rotem A. Oreg
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Public Diplomacy Mission, part 2
The second half of a public diplomacy mission is behind us. While last time we focused on the Northeast, this one was centered on the Sun...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Public Diplomacy Mission, part 1
Half of the public diplomacy mission is behind. Four days in Washington DC, NYC, and Boston, during which we did one thing: presented and...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Jan 5
- 4 min
The World is not divided into Friends of Israel and Antisemites
Let's start from the end: the outgoing president of Harvard University, Dr. Claudine Gay, is not the issue. She was a "lame duck" from...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Dec 22, 2023
- 4 min
I am a left-wing IDF reservist. Ceasefire is a bad idea.
(written by Doron Shabti, a social worker and an IDF reservist) As you are reading this, I'm back reserve duty and going off the grid, so...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Dec 19, 2023
- 2 min
The War in Gaza: On Jews, Justice, and Gen-Z
Ceasefire is a Bad Idea - for Israelis, Palestinians, and for Justice "I truly believe that my friends who express concern for the...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Sep 15, 2023
- 2 min
The Year of Democracy
The Hebrew year of 5783 (HaTashpag) felt like the opening of A Tale of Two Cities: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,...
Yuval David
- Aug 5, 2023
- 4 min
Zionism is Progressivism? Deciphering the Progressive Liberal Jewish Discourse on Israel
The intricate symbiosis between Progressive Liberal Jews and the State of Israel extends beyond a simple narrative of mutual appreciation...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Jul 20, 2023
- 2 min
The U.S.-Israel Relations: Rise and Fall?
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," says the first line in A Tale of Two Cities, and whilst originally written about...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Jul 15, 2023
- 2 min
From the rebellion against Rome to the U.S.-Israel, nothing changed (by Yishay Kimmelman)
Those are days of self-reflection. A painful reminded to the consequences of the fools who thought to go against Rome, arrogance for...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Jun 10, 2023
- 2 min
VP Harris: We have achieved so much together, there is still so much more work to do.
Last week, the Israeli Embassy in Washington hosted an Independence Day reception, featuring Vice President Kamala Harris as the keynote...
Rotem A. Oreg
- May 13, 2023
- 1 min
Every decent human needs to be grateful for Iron Dome
The Iron Dome system is saving countless lives and preventing untold amounts of damage. Without this technology, the death toll and...
Rotem A. Oreg
- May 7, 2023
- 2 min
"We don't have a choice but Liberal Zionism."
"We don't have a choice but Liberal Zionism." Those were the words of one of the participants in a Zoom call we have this week with the...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Mar 23, 2023
- 3 min
The Strange Case of Jennifer Klain
(From the statement of Rotem Oreg, director of the Israeli-Democratic Alliance, in an emergancy conference at the Knesset regarding...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
Israel may become a Republican state (by Michal Porat)
The danger of an “all-right" government: every vote for Netanyahu, Smotritz/Ben Gvir or anyone from this bloc who announced that he would...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Oct 3, 2022
- 4 min
The Israeli-Democratic Alliance is celebrating its first year of activity and its achievements!
It's election time: in the United States, MAGA Republicans are seeking to roll back all the progress that was made in the past few...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Aug 28, 2022
- 2 min
Now is the time for Progressive Zionists
"After centuries in diaspora, Israel now serves as a sanctuary to the Jewish people who have been and are still very much an oppressed...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
The long road to progress
This was a historic week for the United States: while a far cry from his original climate action plan, President Biden signed into law...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
Three things to know about the conflict in Gaza
I didn't want to write this post. I wanted to write about our American-Israeli panel on fighting domestic & sexual violence, which will...
Rotem A. Oreg
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
Violence knows no boundaries - and it hurst everyone
Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence are pandemics, plain and simple: they are more widespread than we want to believe; they can strike...
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