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Dror Eydar. Source: LinkedIn.

Dror Eydar

Dror Eydar is Israel’s ambassador to Italy

The biblical account of the Philistines blocking up water wells at their own expense recurs throughout history—a metaphor for the West’s persistent failure to recognize the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood, abandoning the Jews in the process.
What is at stake is not just judicial reform; after 100 years a large part of the people has awoken to claim its share of the leadership—and not just based on ethnic grievances.
Why do we even bother electing Knesset members if it is ultimately the court that decides what laws and decisions are “reasonable,” based on the justices’ own views?
Eleven years after Mark Twain’s visit to “a hopeless land,” the community of Petah Tikva was established, awakening the somnambulant national consciousness. If we believe in our ability to resurrect ourselves and are loyal to it, the land will blossom and give us back love in return.
Any attempt to analyze Hamas and other terrorist groups using Western tools, as if they are normative entities, is futile.
There can be no of introspection on the part of people who are convinced with every fiber of their being that they report reality strictly as it is, when, in fact, they are political activists like everyone else.
The same people who lash out at right-wing Twitter users who use profanity have no qualms embracing left-wing users who use the same language. I guess fine taste only works one way.
The irony is that AIPAC is making enormous efforts not to be identified as right-wing or Republican. You can see that in its choice of speakers.
Israeli democracy is strong and vibrant, and if it can handle the extremists from the left, it can certainly handle Michael Ben-Ari.