How to Kill a Democracy
These are Bennett’s Orwellian two minutes’ hate. And if they go on, and if the media continues to participate, then together with Netanyahu’s trial, they will be the death of Israel’s democracy.
From Washington to Jerusalem, the Conspiracies are Unraveling
Looking at the trial of attorney Michael Sussman, who represented Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, from Israel, it’s impossible not to draw parallels to the trial of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Where Were Hamas Rockets on Jerusalem Day?
We discussed the successful Flag Parade in Jerusalem in the context of the Muslim Brotherhood dominated Israeli government, and the previous Netanyahu-led government’s decision to cancel last year’s parade in the face of mass Arab Israeli violence and Hamas’s missile offensive.
Is Gideon Sa’ar Coming Around to the Idea of a Netanyahu Government?
With his New Hope party’s prospects up in the air, Likud members say the justice minister feels a Netanyahu-led government is preferable to another election.
Likud Should Ask for Our Forgiveness Not Our Votes
Ideologically, for many reasons, Likud makes sense and is a comfortable political home.
Defeating the Danger from Without
Self-reflection in the Jewish context all too often is an exercise in directing accountability inward, rather than where it belongs: squarely on the shoulders of Israel’s external enemies.
Loving Israel, from Left to Right
Israel’s supporters don’t have to love Israel the same way, but we can each have “a heart with many rooms.”
Netanyahu’s heir reminds Christians that Jesus and Easter were Jewish
“You might not know it, but the “last supper”, was actually the celebration of the ‘Passover Seder’ by Jesus and his disciples (all of whom were Jewish)” Netanyahu tweeted.
The Negev Two-State Summit
To block criticism of the new Iran nuclear deal, Blinken’s aim at the summit was to neutralize the Israeli-Arab anti-Iran strategic alliance. And he used the two-state solution to achieve this goal.
Will Israel Find Itself on the Wrong Side of the ‘Changing’ World Order?
Israel must depend on no foreign power, use savvy to navigate between world powers and be both willing and able to use force when necessary to protect its sovereignty.