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Yehuda Shlezinger

Yehuda Shlezinger writes for Israel Hayom.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 8, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli politics has not seen the last of Bennett

Yamina is a battered party, but it has a chance of succeeding.

Yehuda Shlezinger

June 30, 2022

Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Gabi Ashkenazi at party headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 9, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Israeli politics needs more workhorses and fewer generals

A military career, no matter how successful, is no guarantee that a former commander will succeed in politics, which is a completely different profession.

Yehuda Shlezinger

June 13, 2022

Gideon Sa'ar, head of the New Hope political party, speaks during the conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem, March 7, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

In Israel, political monotony is out and chaos is in

No one knows what tomorrow will bring to Israeli politics, but there is one thing for certain: it won’t be boring.

Yehuda Shlezinger

June 6, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 8, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

The straw that broke the back of Bennett’s chief of staff

Relying on the Joint List is a red line that the prime minister’s closest associate cannot cross.

Yehuda Shlezinger

May 24, 2022

Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman, Sept. 6, 2020. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

Haredi parties should thank their nemesis

Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman mounted the most egregious anti-haredi campaign ever seen in Israel. By doing so, he gave Shas and United Torah Judaism a much-needed push in the polls.

Yehuda Shlezinger

March 24, 2021

An ugly divorce foretold

It was clear to everyone that the unity deal between Israel’s Likud, and Blue and White, would be short-lived. The only question now is who will get hurt when the mudslinging begins.

Yehuda Shlezinger

December 22, 2020

The Greenfeld family celebrate a brit milah at their home in Beitar Illit, Judea and Samaria, on April 5, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews are not the enemy

While there is room for criticism of how haredi leaders and Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman have handled the coronavirus epidemic, the discourse reeks of prejudice and distrust.

Yehuda Shlezinger

April 6, 2020

Then-Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely speaks during a Likud press conference in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Likud’s Hotovely: Yisrael Beiteinu will ‘disappear’ if new elections are called

With less than 16 hours left for Israeli prime minister to form a coalition, the accusations are flying • UTJ: Yisrael Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman cynically using the draft law to pursue his political interests • Lieberman: I’m not trying to topple the prime minister.

Yehuda Shlezinger

May 29, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media in the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on April 1, 2019, ahead of the Knesset elections. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.

A fake crisis could dissolve the Knesset

Israel Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman’s ego may send the country to another early election.

Yehuda Shlezinger

May 27, 2019