The Cost of Israel’s Partisan Games on Security
Netanyahu’s shameless cynicism on the citizenship law vote shows that both Israel’s opposition and the government are undermining their ability to be taken seriously about security threats.
Of Stars, Stripes and Red Flags
Though the radicals’ sullying of patriotic icons is disconcerting, most Americans and Israelis celebrate their countries’ independence with fanfare.
Bennett and the Religious Zionist Elite
The Religious Zionist leadership’s decision to avoid a showdown in Evyatar guarantees that the next showdown will be far worse.
Biden’s Promise on Iranian Nukes is Worthless
The president pledged that Tehran will not acquire nuclear weapons on “his watch.” But if he reinstates Obama’s deal the crisis will occur after he leaves office.
Lapid, Don’t Count on Courting Democrats
Israel’s new foreign minister ought to be rethinking the kind of American bipartisanship that’s even attainable, let alone desirable.
The News About Israel’s New Government the Day After
Watching the Knesset vote, I felt like I was watching a close basketball game, with two- and three-point shots scored alternatingly by the home and visiting team, in our case the incoming coalition and the opposition.
Comic Relief from a Serious Israeli Drama
The left’s euphoria at having former nemesis Naftali Bennett head the new government would be hilarious if the country’s challenges weren’t so monumental.
Can a Bennett-Lapid Government Rise to the Challenges Facing the Jewish State?
The new alliance has succeeded in its first mission of unseating Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. The public will see if it has the mettle, wisdom and skill to weather the obstacles ahead.
Netanyahu refers to new Bennett-led government as ‘Sodom’
. “He is the only one of the Knesset members of the imaginary right, the only one who remains true to his principles and the will of his constituents. He is not the defector, you members of the right are the defectors.”
Egypt Is Beginning to Reassert Regional Leadership
Egypt is taking tentative steps to reassert regional leadership.