At the very last moment, just before the deadline for submitting party lists to the Knesset Election Committee, Stav Shaffir convened a press conference on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard to announce that she would not run for election. About Shaffir…
After Soleimani: An assessment
Qasem Soleimani is no longer with us, and tens of thousands in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and even within Iran itself celebrated his death. Israel did not celebrate, expressing instead weak support for President Trump’s action, explicitly instructing Israeli ministers to…
When Bibi goes, the Messiah will not come
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…