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,…
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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…
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…
Fateful misconception: Israel’s Russia mistake
As anyone can see, Israel’s course of action in Syria is aimed at preventing Iranian entrenchment there. Its strategy is understandable but impractical. This does not appear to bother Israel, which prides itself on solving complex problems by one simple…
The Demise of the Palestinian Question
Israel’s 70th Independence Day marked a change. What began with the establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion is ending abruptly with none other than Donald Trump. Declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel was not just the “right…
Kushner, Greenblatt, Friedman and the absent Palestinian president
Three of President Trump’s envoys – Kushner, Greenblatt and Friedman – spent this past weekend in Israel. They worked on Friday and marked the end of the Sabbath in a West Bank settlement. Afterwards, they returned for a second…
Netanyahu in Russia: The starling went to the raven
While Israeli headlines were captured by Poland’s new law (exonerating that country from involvement in Nazi crimes), by the prospect that Netanyahu may be questioned under caution in a bribery scandal (the submarine affair), and by plans to expel thousands…
Abu Mazen: The peace camp’s partner or gravedigger?
About 15,000 people gathered in Rabin Square to mark 50 years of Occupation and call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One by one, leaders of the peace camp took to the stage, from “Buji” Herzog to Ayman…
What prompted Assad to use sarin gas?
The Hebrew version of this article was published several hours before the United States attacked the Syrian airport near the city of Homs with Tomahawk cruise missiles. This was President Donald Trump’s response to Bashar al-Assad’s use of deadly sarin…
The new axis of evil: Trump, Putin, Netanyahu
The extreme right-wingers raised their arms in the traditional Nazi salute, chanting “Heil Trump!” The Tea Party recorded a historic achievement, but this was not only a triumph for the American right-wing. Benjamin Netanyahu and his extreme right-wing allies in…