Netanyahu refused Ben Gvir’s demand for Jewish prayer on Temple Mount – Report
During coalition negotiations, Likud rejected outright a demand from its right-wing coalition partners to allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount, Haaretz News has reported. Though Jewish prayer at the site is mandated by Israeli law, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu has historically refused to enforce this law. But Bibi did stipulate one condition under […]
Is Alan Dershowitz Right to Warn Against the ‘Override Clause’?
Unlike Israel’s agenda-driven cynics, the world-renowned attorney has at least proven trustworthy where his views on the Jewish state are concerned, even if one disagrees with some of them.
Israel’s New Coalition Shouldn’t Write Off American Jewry
Most Israelis don’t care about the talk of moves that upset the non-Orthodox. But even if many U.S. Jews are failing Israel, abandoning the largest Diaspora community is self-defeating.
Netanyahu and Ben Gvir agree to legalize Jewish towns in the Biblical heartland
The agreement would change the 2005 Disengagement Law that led to the forcible relocation of some 9,000 Jewish residents of Gush Katif and northern Samaria.
Let’s Replace the Term ‘National Unity’ with ‘Majority Rule’
Whereas the sole glue for Yair Lapid’s coalition was anti-Bibi animosity, Benjamin Netanyahu’s espouses a set of values and objectives shared by a higher percentage of the population.
Don’t Apologize for Ben-Gvir or Anything Else About Israel
The claim that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will make life hard for Diaspora Jews ignores what motivates Zionism’s foes and other anti-Semites.
Dragons and Dragon-Slayers in Israel and America
Most Israeli Jews know which is which, most American Jews do not.
Pres. Herzog to give Netanyahu the mandate to form a government
After meeting with all the parties, President Herzog concluded that 64 members of the Knesset recommended Netanyahu for the position of prime minister.
Thomas Friedman, an Equal-Opportunity Israel-Basher
The ‘New York Times’ columnist believes it his mission to heckle and harass the Israelis until they give in to Arab demands.
Following election victory, Netanyahu calls for unity
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu urged his fellow lawmakers on Sunday to put aside their differences and work together for the good of the country. “The elections are over, and as the dust of discord between the political camps settles, we must come out of the trenches and work together,” he said, at the Knesset’s memorial […]