Hypocritical Israeli Coalition Politics Get Ugly

Bibi and Bennett

In the battle for political survival, anything goes. As the threat to Jerusalem goes unchallenged, the government OKs funding for Hamas while Netanyahu encourages thuggery at the Western Wall.

Jerusalem Matters

From the 1840’s, the US had a consulate in Jerusalem, then under the Ottoman Empire.

Washington is Acting Out of Spite

If Washington follows through no its plan to forcibly open a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem, it will be the greatest humiliation Israel has ever experienced. The Americans are well aware of Israel’s opposition to the move. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made that much clear in a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. […]

Lapid and Bennett’s Old-New Diplomacy

Last year Israel had a reality-based foreign policy, but now Jerusalem seems bent on reinstating the Palestinian veto and glorifying the Jewish state’s enemies.