Natanz and Anonymous Israeli ‘Chatter’
Suddenly, Netanyahu’s mantra about not allowing Iran to obtain nuclear weapons is being treated by his foes as evidence that he’s violating Israel’s traditional tight lips on actions against the Islamic Republic.
For Progressives, Netanyahu Isn’t the Problem, Israel Is
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has become the first U.S. political leader to openly call for the overthrow of the leader of a sister democracy.
Can the Koran Solve Israel’s Political Impasse?
The crux of the problem lies in the fact that one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s potential coalition partners, the Religious Zionist Party (RZP) headed by Bezalel Smotrich, refuses to support him should Netanyahu rely in any way on the Islamist Ra’am party to reach a majority of 61 in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset.
Naftali, Don’t Abandon the Course
A letter to Naftali Bennett, leader of Israel’s Yamina Party.
Israel Has Made It, Now It Needs to Grow Up
Israel’s transformation into the center of the Jewish world isn’t just a question of demographics. Israel is the present of the Jewish people and its future as well.
Echoes of A Boom in Iran
Some weeks ago, an Iranian ship delivering oil to a Syrian ship created an oil spill that devastated much of Israel’s Mediterranean coast in an act that’s been termed environmental terrorism.
The New Plan to Oust Netanyahu and its Implications for Israel
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and New Hope chief Gideon Sa’ar, with 13 Knesset seats between them, somehow expect that 30 Likud lawmakers will ignore their voters and help them unseat Netanyahu.
Why are Jews and Poles Still Arguing about the Holocaust?
A misleading article about historians and Polish complicity has exacerbated a controversy that distracts us from the need to fight contemporary anti-Semitism rather than relitigate old battles.
Bibi and the Babylonian Talmud
Dispassionate analysis of the political deadlock in Israel will reveal that this state of suspended political animation is the result of nothing more than what the Jewish sages designated as “baseless hatred” among Jews.
Bibi at the Ballot Box
No wonder pundits have been referring to the dreaded coalition-building as a game of Sudoku. What they fail to mention is that it’s solely one side that won’t be able to solve the puzzle.