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Akiva Bigman

Akiva Bigman writes for Israel Hayom.

Rashida Tlaib is seen at her campaign headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 7, 2018. Credit: VOA/Wikimedia Commons.

Tlaib’s Palestinian village and family are thriving

Even the World Bank said in 2014 that the village where Rashida Tlaib's family resides is one of the richest in the Palestinian Authority. But she insists that things are terrible there.

Akiva Bigman

Aug. 23, 2019

The Ganei Tal Jewish community in Gush Katif being demolished during the disengagement from Gaza, Aug. 22, 2005. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Disengagement harmed Israel’s security

Even those who still support the 2005 Gaza disengagement acknowledge that it did little to reduce the number of terrorist casualties while greatly contributing to a growing threat.

Akiva Bigman

Aug. 14, 2019

Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz speaks during an election campaign event in Tel Aviv held by the Blue and White Party on April 8, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Blue and White’s polite incitement

The Blue and White Party raised the banner of unity, reconciliation and statesmanship in its election campaign. But there was another side to their purported purist rhetoric—one that spoke of the enemy: the right.

Akiva Bigman

April 10, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. President Bill Clinton and PLO head Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords, Sept. 13, 1993. Photo by Vince Musi/The White House.

The day the conflict died

Yes, he growled his customary catchphrases—“diplomatic isolation,” a “political tsunami” and “one-state solution”—at anyone who inquired about his well-being.

Akiva Bigman

Jan. 28, 2019

Khan al-Ahmar #2. Credit: Regavim.

The absurd saga of Khan al-Ahmar continues

“I’m not willing to accept a double standard between Jews and Arabs when it comes to illegal construction,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Akiva Bigman

Jan. 6, 2019

Foreign-funded left-wing NGOs ready to influence Israeli election

Their common denominator: grassroots activism, declared political objectives and considerable funding from abroad. This network of NGOs could become a central player in the upcoming election.

Akiva Bigman

Jan. 3, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the plenary session in the Knesset on Oct. 31, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Multiple corruption cases, thousands of holes

The goal is clear. There is no effort being made to get at the truth—merely an attempt to force the attorney general, who is under inhumane pressure anyway, to indict Netanyahu at any price.

Akiva Bigman

Dec. 27, 2018

Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir meeting U.S. President George H.W. Bush at the White House in 1991. Credit: Israeli GPO.

The only good conservative is ‘a dead one’

Yes, Bush joins a long list of denigrated right-wingers who redeemed themselves with their last breaths. Menachem Begin, Ariel Sharon, Ronald Reagan, John McCain and others; on their deathbeds, they all went from dangerous fascists to venerated figures.

Akiva Bigman

Dec. 4, 2018

Avi Gabbay, head of the Zionist Union alliance and the Labor Party, leads a Zionist Union meeting at the Israeli Knesset on Nov. 20, 2017. In the background is a photo of former Israeli prime minister and Labor leader Yitzhak Rabin. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Do you remember the left?

Armed with a clear vision, unshackled by stately conduct, our leftists are coming to do work.

Akiva Bigman

Nov. 20, 2018