Well, we are heading for a third indecisive round of elections, as Bibi Netanyahu is still alive and kicking everything that moves, primarily the pants of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, against whom he has declared war. Bibi the Magician is…
Trump’s final gift to Bibi is a poisoned apple
Since being elected, President Trump has showered Netanyahu with a range of gifts, from the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem to the cessation of aid to the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), and from recognition of Israel’s annexation…
Israel fights Jihad while Hamas keeps silent
An Arabic proverb goes: “My brother and I against my cousin, my cousin and I against the stranger”. In accordance with our reality in Israel and Gaza, we can translate this as “Bibi and Gantz against Hamas, and Bibi and…
The Ayatollah outfoxed Netanyahu
For a full five hours, the Israeli security cabinet discussed the topic of Iran, a nut that commentators have been trying in vain to crack. The commentators wonder whether Netanyahu is inventing a security problem, or whether we are indeed…
Netanyahu’s wake
Binyamin Netanyahu lost the second round of elections big time, and yet his opponent could not manage to win. The imbroglio created in the first round only became more complicated following the second. Netanyahu lost not only because his number…
A Netanyahu victory would be a tactical achievement for Nasrallah
Two weeks before the elections and Netanyahu has done it again, with Israelis once again leaning back in their recliners. Netanyahu gave both a stinging slap to Hassan Nasrallah and came out of it at little cost. It was amazing,…