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Nehemia Shtrasler

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No Surrender: Israel's Beleaguered Army Chief Must Not Resign

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Israeli Government Corruption: From Lingerie to Billion-shekel Handouts

Corruption is a contagious disease. When a state leader becomes corrupt, he infects the entire state with the disease.

07.01.2025 7

Haaretz

Nehemia Shtrasler

Israel's Quick Action After Assad's Fall Shows Netanyahu Learned His Lesson After Oct. 7

It was a dramatic, extraordinary event – the elimination of a country's military capabilities in three days. It happened at the beginning of last...

16.12.2024 4

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Why Netanyahu Really Signed the Cease-fire Agreement With Lebanon

Instead of a sense of joy and a good feeling, we are enveloped in an atmosphere of sourness. It's not the fact that we didn't achieve a "total...

03.12.2024 5

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Nehemia Shtrasler

This Turncoat Israeli Lawmaker Is a Lackey Whose Price Is Known: A Ministerial Post

Transportation Minister Miri Regev succeeded in defining him precisely. In July 2021, when lawmaker Zeev Elkin entered the Knesset, she addressed...

20.11.2024 10

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Netanyahu Has Paid No Price for Rabin's Murder. He Has Profited From It

Tuesday, the 12th day of the Jewish month of Cheshvan, will mark the 29th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Three official...

13.11.2024 10

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Nehemia Shtrasler

In Firing Gallant, Netanyahu Caved to the ultra-Orthodox Ultimatum

On Tuesday evening at 8 P.M. came a harsh blow: Israel's prime minister had fired the country's defense minister in the middle of a war on seven...

10.11.2024 8

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Israel Won't Forgive Netanyahu, Even on Yom Kippur

Atonement. Yom Kippur is a day of forgiveness and absolution. In order to atone for the sins between man and God, it is enough to confess to them...

13.10.2024 3

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Netanyahu, the Champion of Procrastinators, Hesitated on Nasrallah's Killing as Well

The successful assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has restored Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's confidence. He suddenly seems...

02.10.2024 4

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Nehemia Shtrasler

War Is Bad for Israel's Economy. Arrogant, Hedonistic Smotrich Is Making It Worse

Are we headed for a large-scale war with Hezbollah? That's not clear. But one thing is clear: We must maintain a large, expensive army if we want...

22.09.2024 10

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Netanyahu Is Unfit to Serve as Israel's Leader. Cognitively, Morally and Strategically

15.09.2024 4

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Gantz and Eisenkot Take on Netanyahu, but It's Hard to Beat a Crook

It was a battle that was hard to win, a battle between a duplicitous crook and two honest people, between an inveterate liar and two serious men...

09.09.2024 20

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Smotrich, Israel's Little Napoleon, Is Detached From Reality

He never spent a minute studying economics and doesn't understand anything about the subject, but he has no problem criticizing the governor of the...

03.09.2024 4

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Let This Israeli Hostage's Mother Speak

27.08.2024 10

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Israel's Battered Credit Rating Is a Vote of No Confidence in the Gov't, Not the Economy

Benjamin Netanyahu did not disappoint. He was quick to blame the war. In his words, "The Israeli economy is strong and is functioning well," and...

19.08.2024 3

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Netanyahu Talks Like a Lion, but Cowers Like a Rabbit

The hostages don't interest him, the deserted, bombarded north doesn't move him, even the 1,623 people murdered or killed in the war for which he...

07.08.2024 4

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Netanyahu's Outdated, Profligate Plane Has to Go

On Saturday night, Benjamin Netanyahu will board Wing of Zion and make his way back to Israel. Does he know what happened to the Polish president...

28.07.2024 10

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Israel's Far-right Finance Minister Blames Ben-Gurion for the Economic Crisis

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's colossal failure in reducing the cost of living led him to carry out a thorough investigation, in which he...

21.07.2024 10

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Gallant Wants What's Good for Israel. Netanyahu Wants What's Good for Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't wait too long. Over Shabbat, he put out a press statement saying he was the one, at the very beginning of...

17.07.2024 4

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Nehemia Shtrasler