Current sectionIsrael NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeAvishai Margalit. Every conversation with him carries the joy of discovery.For decades, Avishai Margalit was the intellectual who explained Israel to the world. At 87, one of the country's greatest philosophers reflects on justice, the price of freedom, nationalism and the uncertain trajectory the Zionist project02:47 AM • August 08 2026 IDTIn March 1979, Avishai Margalit found himself in Michel Foucault's apartment in Paris's 15th arrondissement. Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir had invited him there for a meeting on "Israel and the Arab World."In the NewsIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of ZionismJerusalem Braces for Saturday Sabbath Battles Over Downtown CaféFour Killed in Houthi Attacks in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, Sources SayLebanon, Israel Agree on Countries That Could Verify Hezbollah DisarmamentIran Is Getting Closer to Controlling Hormuz Without Curbing Its Nuclear ProgramRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab EmiratesIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of JoyHow a Teen, Not a Journalist, Debunked Israel's Gaza 'Voluntary Emigration' PlanFormer Mossad Chief Appointed to Lead U.S. Defense Technology CompanyAs Stevens Falters, Michigan Jews Ponder Their Place in the Democratic Party