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Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, on July 19, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid: A shepherd without a flock

Lapid’s unilateral approach to foreign policy could have profound consequences. That Israel's prime minister seems to have nothing to say on this matter is unsettling.

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Aug. 16, 2021

Israelis protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, near the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 13, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Warning signs out of the ‘Anyone but Bibi’ camp

We have never before seen Israel’s political parties make hatred for one politician the focus of their campaigns. In the dangerous game these politicians are playing with Israel’s future, the ends justify the means.

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Mar. 14, 2021

Former U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Credit: Flickr.

The emerging US standpoint on moderate Arab states

The projected return of “politically correct” values to the center of U.S. foreign policy, in addition to President-elect Joe Biden’s commitment to return to the JCPOA, are the stuff of nightmares for Cairo and Riyadh.

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Dec. 22, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Moroccan Prime Minister Saad-Eddine el-Othmani, in Rabat, Morocco, on Dec. 5, 2019. Credit: Ron Przysucha/U.S. State Department.

The renewed Western Sahara conflict and the Abraham Accords

The timing of the Polisario Front’s unanticipated provocation against Morocco may be related to the ongoing U.S.-sponsored diplomatic initiative on an Israel-Morocco normalization agreement.

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Dec. 10, 2020

A picture of French President Emmanuel Macron burned by Palestinians during a protest against both the publication of a cartoon depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad in France and Macron's resulting comments on Oct. 2, near the West Bank town of Hebron, on Oct. 27, 2020. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

France’s showdown with the Islamic world

The beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty marks the start of what might turn out to be all-out war between France and the Islamic world with Turkey’s Erdoğan leading the Muslim charge.

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Nov. 1, 2020

Tel Aviv's Carmel market, Sept. 16, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Despite everything, another Israeli lockdown

There’s no escaping the impression that many critics aim for a general breakdown as a means of removing the prime minister from office.

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Sep. 17, 2020

Israeli military forces and Lebanese refugees during Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon on May 29, 2000. Photo by Flash90.

The IDF’s flight from South Lebanon: The intelligence dimension

The current threat to Israel posed by Hezbollah is the outcome of the hasty Israeli withdrawal from the security zone in South Lebanon in May 2000.

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Aug. 10, 2020

David Ben-Gurion (center) shown with other members of his Mapai-led government, the forerunner of the Labor Party, in 1961. Photo by Fritz Cohen.

What’s in a name? The Israeli-Palestinian case

Did the Jewish state commit a historic misjudgment by selecting the name “Israel”?

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

Jul. 5, 2020

The village of Duma from the west with the Jordan Valley in the background. Credit: Wikipedia.

The Jordan Valley dilemma: A realistic approach

The dark prophecies by “liberal” Israelis and E.U. officials about Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank are exaggerated and obscure the strategic value of the Jordan Valley for Israel’s security.

Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen

May. 14, 2020