All You Need to Know About Netanyahu’s Indictment
What happened today?
For the first time in Israel’s history, a sitting prime minister has been indicted on criminal charges. The most serious charge is of...
With Plans to Withdraw Troops From Syria, Is Trump Still Israel’s ‘True Friend’?
No less surprising than Trump’s decision to withdraw forces from Northern Syria, following a single phone call with Turkey’s Erdogan, was the new defiant energy this move injected in the Republican Party. After sticking with Trump as he struggled to explain the Ukrainian affair, members of his party suddenly found their voice.
Netanyahu and Trump’s Striking Similarities
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump are using similar tactics to attack the media and question the democratic process.
Israeli Elections Round Two
Israeli Elections Round Two see Netanyahu and Blue and White Gantz going head to head, with President Trump coming into fold
Opinion | The Surprising MbS-Netanyahu Connection
Israel has hoped throughout its history to be accepted by its neighbors, no matter how remote the prospect has seemed at times. David Ben-Gurion famously despaired of ever achieving a rapprochement with the Arabs.
Beyond Trump’s “Disloyalty” Affair
On Trump’s Jewish Disloyalty comments, fallout could have been avoided or mitigated, but no electoral gain for Democrats.
Opinion | The Bibi Generation
It wasn’t really a surprise when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud won April’s election in Israel, his fifth election victory. The Netanyahu-led right has a solid majority in Israel, and the ideological left has been relegated to the back benches of the Knesset. Life in Israel is good, and young Israelis in “the Bibi generation” appreciate it.
Opinion | The Israeli Elections Were Bleak, But Don’t Give Up On Us
Just thinking about the government that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is forming fills me with a deep sense of dread.
Five Things to Know This Week: Annexation Alert and the Deal of the Century
Last Friday, as election results in Israel became clear and as final touches were being put on the U.S. Middle East peace plan, a.k.a. “the deal of the century,” a group of Jewish organizations sent a letter to President Trump essentially asking him to rein in Israel’s re-elected prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Five Things to Know This Week: Israeli Elections Edition
1. For American Jews, partners in Israeli politics are all but gone
Jewish Americans used to have an easier time relating to Israeli politics. Leaning heavily...
Opinion | Nobody’s Talking About Peace
In Israel, the left still exists in the minority despite right wing rule.
Five Things to Know This Week: Bibi, Bipartisanship and Israeli Elections
Nathan Guttman on the upcoming Israeli elections and Benjamin Netanyahu’s play on American politics