Advertisements After Israel broke confidence by reporting secret talks with the Libyan foreign minister, the repercussions are still being felt in that troubled and divided country. While Israel acted shamefully, the lion’s share of the blame, as usual, belongs to the Biden administration. This piece at Mondoweiss looks at the contextContinue Reading
Advertisements The newest edition of the Cutting Through Newsletter is out. Although the far-right governing coalition in #israel is getting the attention, the opposition is dominated by the Israeli right as well. That’s why there’s little hope of any good coming out of the current crisis. We need to recognizeContinue Reading
Advertisements It was easy to miss, but Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid was in the U.S. last week, visiting with American Jewish leaders and a couple of members of Congress. Lapid is himself not in a great political position right now as the notable plummet Benjamin Netanyahu has taken inContinue Reading
Advertisements Ever since it became clear that Benjamin Netanyahu was likely to return as Israel’s prime minister and that he would be bringing in a government that, even for Israel, was radically right wing, Joe Biden and Antony Blinken have consistently been saying that they will react to the government’sContinue Reading
Advertisements Israelis came to the World Cup in Qatar expecting to find a new atmosphere of friendliness and warmth among Arab fans. Instead, they found that a handful of dictators in the UAE and Bahrain could not change the hearts and minds of the people of not only Qatar, butContinue Reading
