Israel's Leadership Vacuum
As a young nation, Israel's democratic system is still in the early stages of maturation, yet its governing framework has had a regressive effect on Israel's development of a functioning democracy.
View ArticleCollaborators Then, Collaborators Now
The war against the Jews -- and against the State of Israel -- continues unabated.
View ArticleNeocons Against Chuck Hagel: The Independent Senator Who Wouldn't Genuflect
Maybe Chuck Hagel isn't the right man to head the Defense Department. If so, it isn't because he is an anti-Semite. Let's have an honest and civil debate over his qualifications for the office. Israel...
View ArticleNetanyahu's Coalition Loss May Usher in an "Israeli Spring"
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud/Beitenu right wing slate limped across the Israeli electoral finish line, leaving a trail of lost Knesset seats in its wake and the loss of incalculable political fortune....
View ArticleAvigdor Lieberman, Former Israeli Foreign Minister, Acquitted Of Corruption...
JERUSALEM, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was acquitted of corruption charges on Wednesday
View ArticleLieberman's Acquittal Pushes Netanyahu Further to the Right
The main consequence of Lieberman's acquittal is is that Netanyahu's current government is bound to become more similar to his previous one: committed to a strongly right-wing agenda, but with the...
View ArticleAvigdor Lieberman Sworn Back In As Israeli Foreign Minister After Corruption...
A Jerusalem court on Wednesday acquitted Lieberman on charges of fraud and breach of trust stemming from allegations he had
View ArticleTake a Deep Breath
At this point we have no idea what US Secretary of State John Kerry is going to propose to the Israelis and Palestinians. Because no comprehensive peace agreement is within reach, we are told that the...
View ArticleA Rabbinic Comment on Messianic Politics
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon brought to light a deep problem within the State of Israel and the People Israel when
View ArticleMemo to Netanyahu: Read ADL Survey, and Stop Equating Israel Criticism With...
Any time somebody criticizes Israel, Bibi starts the lamentation that Israel's existence is being delegitimized, that anti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head again and that the Jewish people's...
View ArticleIsrael: The Danger From Within
The Israeli public, more so than their misguided political leaders, must wake up to this fateful reality and decide what kind of future to chart for themselves and for future generations.
View ArticleBenjamin Netanyahu Stops Pretending To Support A Sovereign Palestinian State
Sign up below to get Ryan Grim's occasional newsletter Lieberman and Bennett were the only two members of Netanyahu's security
View ArticleThe Unrequited Love Affair Between Liberal Jews and an Illiberal Israel
Jewish liberals -- in Israel and the Diaspora -- need to realize that the time has come to stop mourning Israel's idealized image.
View ArticleNow That the Guns Have Been Silenced
The new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has immediately raised the same old question: Will it last, or is it merely just another pause, providing the prelude for the next round of fighting à la...
View ArticleReckless Policies, Dire Consequences
The Netanyahu-led government's announcement of its decision to annex nearly 1,000 acres of Palestinian land in the West Bank between the Etzion settlement block and Jerusalem amounts to nothing less...
View ArticleYom Kippur 5775: Israeli Liberals Are in Pain
While I can humanly and psychologically understand why fear pushes many Israelis to the right, I cannot help feeling, along with many of my friends, that the country is moving so far away from our...
View ArticleThe Real Danger to Israel's Security Is Netanyahu
One need not look far and wide to discern Netanyahu's disingenuousness and misguided policies that have only undermined Israel's future security. He uses his political skills to deceive and mislead in...
View ArticleHow Netanyahu Committed Political Suicide
Netanyahu's insistence on passing a bill that will define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people is as disgraceful as his denial that Israel is not an occupying power. If the bill were to...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority Wants Avigdor Lieberman Arrested For Endorsing Murder...
On Monday, Joint Arab List candidate Ahmad Tibi compared Lieberman to the Islamic State and demanded a police investigation
View ArticleThe Kingpin, the Capo and the Con Artist
Bibi: Hi, guys, we've got to wrap up our plans; you know what the polls are saying.Yvet: What the hell do I care what the Poles think?Bibi: No, you idiot! The polls! The polls that just came out!
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