Is Netanyahu’s Significant Victory Sufficient?
The significance of this election—the third in less than a year—lies in its elements of surprise. In the first place, voter turnout reached 71 percent, the highest in 21 years.
Democrats and Anti-Democrats
The contrast between the Democrats’ intensive campaigning and the Israeli Left’s shrug at voters doesn’t mean that Democrats are fervent democrats.
‘Netanyahu Losing Elections Because he Denied Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount’ says Rabbi
But Netanyahu revealed that the Temple Mount condition was indeed the deal-breaker that led him to reject Ben Gvir’s offer.
Purim, AIPAC, Bernie, Biden, Bibi
If there’s one Jewish holiday that offers us all a break, it’s Purim. For that one day at least, we can pretend to be someone else—but is that as simple as it sounds?
What AIPAC needs is an Effective Democratic Champion
What Pro-Israel Democrats needed was for one of their presidential candidates to directly take on Sanders on the issue. It’s not going to happen.
Netanyahu Wins Israel’s Elections: But Still Might not Have Enough to form Government
“This was a great victory for the right-wing camp, and first and foremost for us Likudnikim,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the third round of elections within the course of a year.
In South Carolina Debate, Democrats Spar Over US troops in Mideast, Embassy in Israel
“I don’t think we need to have ground troops anywhere terrorists can gather because terrorists can gather anywhere in the world. But we do need intelligence capabilities and specialists on the ground,” said former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who served in Afghanistan.
Netanyahu’s Offer from Political Rival: Remove Jordanian Waqf from Temple Mount and Get all My Votes
“If they are incapable of carrying out these things, we will get into the Knesset and obligate them to do so. Only with us will there be a TRUE Right-wing government.”
Hamas Fails to Curb Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which has no Interest in Stabilizing Gaza
Following recent rocket fire, Israel cannot tolerate “the rules of the game” that PIJ is trying to impose on it, and the objective of reaching a long-term “understanding” with the main terrorist group, Hamas, is looking increasingly distant.
For the First Time, Netanyahu Pushes Past Gantz in the Polls
With just a week to go until Israel’s elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is projected to garner 33 Knesset seats, compared to 32 for challenger Blue and White.
