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Israel may soon abandon its diplomatic achievements because Yair Lapid and most of his partners in the new coalition want to erase the achievements of Benjamin Netanyahu.
As Israel prepares for a change in leadership, a new documentary film on one of the country’s founding fathers is a reminder of what his successors can learn from him.
His election numbers might be respectable, but his ideas about the world are far less so, even by France’s standards, where the extremes of left and right have always enjoyed solid electoral support.
Fear of being accused of racism and Islamophobia caused the majority of the caucus to refuse to condemn her analogizing Israel and the United States to Hamas and the Taliban.
Such interference is based on an ignorant and dangerously partisan view that, under the guise of advancing peace, is in fact a powerful incentive to further violence and aggression.
The IDF estimated that nearly 700 Hamas rockets misfired and landed in Gaza. How many more Palestinians were killed in those abortive attempts to kill Israelis?
Israel’s coalition deal with an Arab party has reminded the world that the Jewish state is a democracy, but don’t expect anti-Zionists to admit as much.
Israel’s Internal Security Agency head, Nadav Argaman, seems to have his sights set on his next career move.
Extreme rhetoric and threats are part of protests against Israel’s new government. Democracies must defend the right to dissent, as well as to censure incitement.
The success of Mansour Abbas represents a catastrophe for powerful interests everywhere. It is to be expected that interested parties with the power to act will work to sabotage him at all costs.
The easiest way to figure out which side is telling the truth would be to read the coalition agreements signed by the parties set to join the Lapid-Bennett government.
Leaders whose most important goal is maintaining friendly ties with the Biden administration will necessarily be less willing to approve operations that will anger it.