Advertisements With the next election scheduled for October 26, the Israeli opposition is trying to find a way to knock Likud from the top spot, while the Palestinian parties have revived the Joint List. Read more at Cutting ThroughContinue Reading
Advertisements No one is as good at being consistently wrong as New York Times columnist Tom Friedman. If you want a read on the world, particularly the Middle East and ESPECIALLY Israel and Palestine that bears no resemblance to reality whatsoever, he’s your guy. This week Friedman really outdid himself.Continue Reading
Advertisements Here we go again, folks. Israelis are going back to the polls. It’s actually amazing that the cobbled together Bennett-Lapid coalition gave them this long a break. In my latest piece for Medium, I break down what’s just happened, with a few observations, and answer some questions that mightContinue Reading
Advertisements While the ever crafty Benjamin Netanyahu can never be counted out until he’s really out, it is looking more and more like his long-time reign over Israel is about to end. Considering that Netanyahu is not now and has never been a particularly popular figure in Israel and hasContinue Reading
The new government will, once again, be the most right wing in Israel’s history. But this time, the length of the new government’s tenure will depend more on Netanyahu’s legal troubles than on the political dynamics of the coalition.Continue Reading
