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Israeli Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and Supreme Court justices arrive to petitions against the Jewish Nation-State Law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel doesn’t need a House of Lords

In the name of democracy, opponents of Israel’s judicial reform want to maintain the Supreme Court not merely as the highest court of appeals, but as an Israeli incarnation of the British House of Lords in all its 19th century glory.

March 20, 2023

Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 5, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Why are so many Israelis angry with Naftali Bennett?

The head of Yamina has made himself an accomplice to what the right sees as the left’s takedown of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through illegitimate means.

June 6, 2021

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian King Abdullah II review an honor guard in Ramallah, Aug. 7, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Jordan’s instability and the ‘Palestine’ states

Israelis go about their lives without giving much thought to the kingdom next door, but what happens in Jordan may not stay in Jordan.

April 18, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters on election night at Likud Party headquarters in Jerusalem, March 23, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Time is on Netanyahu’s side

The Israeli public’s lack of preference for any candidate other than Bibi will prevent his competitors either from forming a government or from forming a stable one.

April 1, 2021

Then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

We need Netanyahu for the new era of diplomacy

No other Israeli politician possesses Benjamin Netanyahu’s experience, skills, reputation and long-standing relationships, or his understanding of how to leverage Israeli power.

March 21, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein attend the arrival at Ben-Gurion International Airport of the DHL cargo jet bearing the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, Dec. 9 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

In managing the pandemic, Netanyahu resisted deadly populism

Despite the criticisms leveled against him by his political rivals, Benjamin Netanyahu’s COVID-19 policies have helped Israel avert disaster.

March 15, 2021