Yair Lapid – Page 9 – ReThinking Foreign Policy

Nine Thoughts On The Latest Gaza Flare-Up

On: November 15, 2018

In: Avigdor Lieberman, Bibi Netanyahu, Gaza, Hamas, Palestine

Now that the latest flare-up of fighting between Israel and Gaza has subsided, at least for the moment, here are nine thoughts on the clash, the outcomes, and the implications.Continue Reading

The Fall of Netanyahu: Too Little, Too Late

By: Mitchell Plitnick

On: August 9, 2017

In: Israel

Changing the course of the Israel-Palestine conflict has gone well beyond replacing Netanyahu. It may be a necessary first step, but his long tenure has robbed that step of most of its impact.Continue Reading

New Israeli Elections Offer Little Hope For Change

By: Mitchell Plitnick

On: December 4, 2014

In: Israel

New Israeli elections have been scheduled early again. This one offers little in the way of hope for an improved Israeli stance on peace and diplomacy. Continue Reading

Israeli Democracy Evaporates While Gaza Burns

By: Mitchell Plitnick

On: August 21, 2014

In: Democracy, Gaza, human rights, Israel

Democracy does not mean tyranny of the majority, it yields to basic principles of justice. At what point do we decide that we must act despite the will of the people?Continue Reading