After Tonight, Israel Will Never Be the Same - Professor Richard D. Wolff

After Tonight, Israel Will Never Be the Same - Professor Richard D. Wolff

Sept. 10, 2025

Voices of Economic Justice

1948 - The Invention Of Israel

Professor Richard D. Wolff delivers a powerful, urgent analysis of how tonight marks a watershed moment in Israeli history, where entrenched economic inequality, political fragmentation, and social divisions converge to demand transformation.

Drawing on decades of scholarly insight, Wolff dismantles the myth of the “startup nation” to reveal how neoliberal reforms and military-industrial entanglement have deepened inequality and hollowed out democratic institutions.

He illustrates how Israel’s multi-dimensional social fabric... Mizrahi, Ashkenazi, ultra-Orthodox, Russian immigrants, and Palestinian citizens, is tearing apart as the glue of external threat and economic growth loses its grip.

With razor-sharp clarity, Wolff argues that the system cannot simply gloss over these contradictions anymore: the old consensus has collapsed. The big question looms, will Israel double down on authoritarian nationalism or pivot toward radical egalitarian restructuring? Tonight, the narrative shifts; the status quo is finished.

Wolff’s broader critiques on settler colonialism, economy, and legitimacy, including “Israel is Caught in a Historic Impossibility.” And “Israel is Echoing Historical Failures,” frame tonight’s reckoning.

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