There is a governmental assault on Israel's professional and ethical backbone, on the people who are committed to democracy as a way of life. I experienced this first-hand. The reason: opinion columns I had published in Haaretz

Early on Sunday, masked Jewish settlers attacked four foreign activists in the village of Ein al-Duyuk, wounding them and stealing their belongings. The activists were part of a human rights group that sought to protect the village from settler violence, although it is located in an area of the West Bank solely under Palestinian control

Although the president's office said Herzog 'has not set conditions' for the pardon, those who spoke with him believe he is likely to demand commitments from the prime minister, such as a state commission of inquiry into Oct. 7, halting legislation against the judiciary or blocking the government's media takeover