Leadership

When health systems fail, experience matters: Dr. Haregewoyn's 30-year leadership argument

After three decades leading public health programs, Dr. Moses Haregewoyn argues that experience, accountability and operational expertise are essential to building resilient health systems.

In public health, policy is only as strong as the systems - and the experience - behind its delivery.
 The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).

Wanted: Leaders for Israel’s next generation - opinion

Long-term success is built through patience, disciplined decisions, and investments that create lasting value.

Michael J Sacks on the connection between business growth and community investment

OPPOSITION LEADER Yair Lapid and former prime minister Naftali Bennett attend an election event for the joint list Together, earlier this year.

My Word: Political name of the game - opinion


The battle for the truth: Israeli public diplomacy is at a critical test - opinion

The failure of Israeli public diplomacy is not a new phenomenon. Rather, it is the result of years of neglect, lack of coordination, and above all, the absence of clear and centralized leadership. 

The essential position of head of the National Information Directorate has been vacant since May 2024. The directorate is responsible for shaping the Israeli hasbara (public diplomacy) response in all fields.

The leaders steering Israel Bonds through a historic moment

Following a period of record investment, Israel Bonds welcomes Laura Stein as the next chair of its National Campaign Advisory Council.

Laura Stein, incoming chair of the Israel Bonds National Campaign Advisory Council.

Less than one-fourth of Israeli teenagers trust country's leadership, study shows

"Teenagers in Israel are not asking to be spoken for," said National Student and Youth Council Chairman, Dror Cohen. "They are asking to be real partners."

Illustrative; Israeli students take part in a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Jerusalem, December 18, 2024.

Tania Friedlander on leadership under pressure and moving forward in an unstable world

“People already fluent in resilience deserve leaders who understand it too, not only as survival, but as strategy.”

Israel’s next war cannot be led by yesterday’s leadership - opinion

No leader, no matter how experienced, can remain in power for this long without becoming deeply tied to the assumptions that defined their tenure.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40-signatures debate at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026

Israel’s survival depends on leaders who put nation before self - opinion

History teaches that nations often fracture not because their enemies overpower them, but because their own internal divisions weaken the moral and political foundations that sustain them.

Opposition Leader and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speak during a press conference announcing a joint list named “Together” ahead of upcoming elections, to be led by Bennett, in Herzliya, central Israel, April 26, 2026.

Taib prize for national resilience unveiled: Honoring those strengthening Israel from within

The prize recognizes those strengthening Israeli resilience. The committee, chaired by Haim Taib includes Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, Prof. Yifat Bitton, Dr. Yekoutiel Sabah & Sheikh Muhana Fares

Haim Taib, President, Taib Family Foundation

Gaza’s emerging third path: Civil opposition seeks alternative to Hamas, PA - opinion

There is an emerging civil and political alternative in Gaza led by independent activists, youth movements, and newly formed grassroots networks.

YOUNG PALESTINIAN workers break up concrete while working on rubble in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Israel cannot demand unity while governing inequality - opinion

Israel asks citizens to fight together, to sacrifice together, and to carry the weight of war and uncertainty together, and yet it governs them as if they are not equal partners in that burden.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at the Knesset plenum.

The fog of Israel’s forever war: IDF's Lebanon strategy stuck in endless containment - opinion

October 7 shattered the illusion that Iranian backed proxies can be managed indefinitely at Israel’s borders.

IDF activity in southern Lebanon, April 15, 2026.