Netanyahu Needs to Reinvent Himself
The road to the 2020 elections runs through the Likud primaries. While Netanyahu is sure to win them, the fact that MK Gideon Sa’ar is gaining momentum within the party cannot be ignored.
In Europe, Israel Needs a Bottom-Up Approach to Diplomacy
Most people don’t care that much about Israeli-Palestinian issues, so small groups of committed activists can exert a disproportionate influence on policy.
An Irrelevant Debate About a Two-State Solution
While a U.S. House critique of Trump’s Middle East policy doesn’t advance peace, it does point to where discussion about Israel may be heading inside the Democratic Party.
Is Now the Right Time for a US-Israel Mutual Defense Pact?
U.S President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promoted the idea of a Mutual Defense Treaty between their countries in September, with Netanyahu branding such a pact as being “historic” should it be achieved. The idea is now back in the headlines in Israel. Energy Minister and security cabinet minister Yuval Steinitz stated […]
Preserving the Peace with Jordan
The dimensions of Netanyahu’s achievement are clear when you compare Israel’s constructive, mutually beneficial ties with states with which it lacks formal peace treaties to Israel’s ties with Jordan.
Netanyahu: All Jewish Communities in Judea-Samaria will be Part of Israel
Reaffirming his commitment to Judea and Samaria, Netanyahu spoke of the foreign diplomatic pressure that was exerted upon him.
Legalizing Politics and Politicizing the Law
There’s a straight line connecting leftists’ rejection of the settlements’ legality with rightists’ rejection of the indictments against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Split Screen
Circumstances provide an opportunity for Israel to use the chaos in Iran to its advantage. But Israel’s government is paralyzed because the attorney general has decided that almost all activities require his prior approval.
Gantz Accidentally Brings Rabbi’s 30-Year Old Prophecy About Netanyahu to Fruition
Gantz’s post is a direct reminder of a message given to Netanyahu by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitch Chabad leader who died in 1994.
Netanyahu’s Choice: Hold Onto Power, or let his Ideas Prevail Without Him?
He may hold onto his party’s leadership after being indicted. But if he can’t form another government, what is his duty to the principles he’s spent his entire life defending?