Political report to the Central Committee of the Da’am Party. Since the last Central Committee meeting in February of this year, the political arena has undergone fundamental upheavals that we could not have anticipated. A global event like the coronavirus…
Category: Talking politics
Biden-Harris and Israel
In about ten days, we’ll know who won one of the most fateful election campaigns in American – and possibly human – history. The differences between incumbent President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden could not be more pronounced.…
And the winner is Bennett
“What are they protesting about? Netanyahu. Only about Netanyahu. Not about anything else. Not about the Occupation, not about the injustices of Zionism and capitalism, and not about the climate crisis,” notes Uri Misgav in his Haaretz article (Oct. 8,…
Bibi’s worst fear
Three friends set off to sea. Boris, Donald and Bibi represent different countries, but are united in conservative, aggressive and xenophobic rhetoric. They mostly brag about their amazing talent for communicating with the “people”. They have found that when they…
Peace in the Time of Coronavirus
Accompanied by his wife and two sons, Bibi Netanyahu makes his way to the signing ceremony of the peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. A few hours prior to his departure, Bibi imposed a lockdown on Israel,…
Netanyahu and MBZ mobilize for Trump
On January 28 of this year, Donald Trump presented his friend Benjamin Netanyahu with the Deal of the Century, announced in a public ceremony at the White House. Trump allowed Netanyahu to annex settlements to Israel and gave the Palestinians…
Netanyahu versus the Cowardly Opposition
The deafening noise of the protesters’ horns disturbs the peace of the royal family residing in the Balfour Street palace. It resonates throughout the country, over its bridges and streets, as the most Israeli of melodies rings out: “Bibi go…
Netanyahu’s New Deal
In an interview with a popular local radio show last week, Transportation Minister Miri Regev tried to inject a new idea into the public discourse by saying that in the time of COVID-19, “Israel needs a New Deal.” The interviewers…
Israel, Stanley Fischer won’t save you this time!
This article was published in Hebrew on July 8th, 2020, before PM Netanyahu decided, under pressure from a mass movement of people who have lost their jobs and businesses, to extend unemployment benefits and payments to the self-employed until June…
Left and Right against Annexation
Two days before a beaming Donald Trump announced the Deal of the Century at the White House, while standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and backed by a prominent group of settlers, US secret services briefed the President…