In his victory speech, Joe Biden, the President-Elect of the United States, did not forget to thank the ones to whom he owed his victory – his black supporters. Pounding on the podium, he said “You’ve always had my back…
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Sisyphus in the voting booth
Election results this third time around are similar to those of the previous two: 58 to the right and 62 to anti-Bibi parties that cannot sit together. There is no decision and no government. The difficulties are well known: a…
An empty chair at Peres’ funeral
As expected, when the Joint List of four Arab-dominated parties boycotted the funeral of Shimon Peres, the result was fanfare and headlines. Opinions about this conspicuous absence are divided in both the Arab and Jewish sectors. The arguments miss the…