Zev Chafets

Founding Editor of The Jerusalem Report

Chafets Is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine and a former columnist for the New York Daily News. He was the founding editor of the Jerusalem Report and is the author of twelve books, including “Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One”. Chafets spent 30 years living in Israel with their multi-party system, during which he was an active participant in the Egyptian-Israeli peace process and a delegate to the first Israeli-Egyptian peace negotiations.

Debates Featuring Zev Chafets

The Two-Party System Is Making America Ungovernable

With David Brooks, Zev Chafets, Arianna Huffington, P.J. O'Rourke

February 15, 2011

The Republican and Democratic parties are entrenched in calcified partisanship, where politics is played as a zero-sum game. The rise of the Tea Party, liberal backlash, and the exodus of moderate voices from Congress all point toward the public’s growing discontent. Has our two-party system failed us? Is this a call to change our two-party system of governance?