The Prime Minister of Despair

Netanyahu’s Message to Us: ‘In Your Face’

The Jews Are Coming, Starting With U.S. Ambassador David Friedman

Fuming Over Comparison Between Rape and 1948, Leftist Leader Does Damage

Israel Isn’t George Floyd, It’s the Bad Cop

Dreyfus? Netanyahu Is More Like O.J. Simpson

Netanyahu and Amsalem Have Something on Mendelblit

The Craziest Thing Israel's New Government Is Likely to Do Is Its Job

Not only has “Homeland” ended, forcing us to say goodbye to Carrie Mathison, but we now have a unity government that has removed most of the...

Don't Blame Israel's High Court, Blame Gantz

The last time Israel’s High Court of Justice rejected a petition to bar an indicted candidate from forming a government, the reasoning was that the...

A Herd on the Left

Despite the fact that most Kahol Lavan voters are in favor of a unity government, the bon ton in leftist elites is to see the party’s leaders as...

Is Gantz's Party a Sitting Duck or a Sophisticated Rabbit?

All critics of the agreement between Kahol Lavan and Likud are unanimous: The deal will emasculate the opposition. Kahol Lavan head Benny Gantz signed...

Benny Gantz Is in Netanyahu’s Hands

The words spoken by Kahol Lavan chairman Benny Gantz last Monday, hours before his mandate for forming a government was to expire, were no less than...

Is It Time for a Meretz-Yesh Atid Union?

The spotlight on Benny Gantz’s dramatic move toward a unity government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, at the cost of dissolving the partnership with...

The Battle Over Knesset Control Is a Test of Gantz's Power

Acute disappointment was the response to initial reports that Benny Gantz was going to be the Knesset speaker. The feeling was that “his true...

A Devious Elimination

One thing has been troubling me since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s TV interviews last Saturday, when he shared with the public the agreement...

Coronavirus Outbreak: Israel's Economic Epidemic Is Just Around the Corner

Prof. Michael Levitt says he will be surprised if more than 10 people die in Israel from the coronavirus. Levitt, who asked the public to listen to...

Benjamin Netanyahu, Liberator of the 'Third Israel'

Israel Election: And What Will You Do if You Win, Netanyahu?

The day after former Sderot mayor Eli Moyal died, he was eulogized by Guy Zohar on his daily program, “The Other Side,” on Kan 11 TV. Zohar...

And What Will You Do if You Win, Netanyahu?

The day after former Sderot mayor Eli Moyal died, he was eulogized by Guy Zohar on his daily program, “The Other Side,” on Kan 11 TV. Zohar...

Gantz, Don’t Shy Away From a Debate, the Public Can Handle It

“Bibi, you know that people, including some of your best friends, don’t believe you. What was it that Arik Sharon said about you? That you...

What Are Backers of Trump's Mideast Plan So Happy About?

If Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, isn’t it a problem that the team of mediators negotiating a solution to the conflict between the...

Israel, a State of All Its Jewish Citizens

It’s not surprising that it was Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal that the “deal of the century” include Israel ceding Arab towns near the West...

Israel’s Avigdor Lieberman Is Dangerous in Many Ways

“In 2004, everybody raised an eyebrow when I presented my plan for land and population swaps. Last night, President Trump adopted my plan in its...

Israel’s Political Drama Is Actually a Top TV Show

If we imagine the political system as the thyroid gland, which is responsible for producing hormones essential to our cells, we might say that three...

Israel’s Kahanists and Far-rightists. There Is a Difference

Former Meretz chief Zehava Galon read the Facebook post where right-wing leader Naftali Bennett explained why he wouldn’t include on a Knesset slate...

The Hand of Israel’s Attorney General Is the New Hand of God

Every soccer fan in the world knows about Diego Maradona’s “hand of God” goal in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Argentina...

Sometimes It’s Better to Keep Quiet

Sometimes one should know when to keep quiet. If Haaretz’s legal commentator Mordechai Kremnitzer received a shekel for every red flag he sees...