Avigdor Lieberman (Photo: Amit Shabi) Does Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman realize something about U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the rest of his far Right wing colleagues do … Read More LIEBERMAN’S LEAP TO ISRAEL’S CENTER
Internal Politics
WILL BIBI NETANYAHU BE ISRAEL’S CHARLES DE GAULLE?
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is known to be a great admirer of Winston Churchill, who led Britain’s battle for survival against Nazi Germany. However on the eve of the negotiations with the … Read More WILL BIBI NETANYAHU BE ISRAEL’S CHARLES DE GAULLE?
WHAT DO THE PALESTINIANS REALLY WANT?
Barbara Tuchman Israeli prime minister Begin with Egyptian president Sadat and U.S. president Carter at Camp David in 1978. Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat Barak, Clinton, and Arafat … Read More WHAT DO THE PALESTINIANS REALLY WANT?
INSIDE ISRAEL’S NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT
Naftali Bennett with Yair Lapid After a protracted round of coalition haggling, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu finally wrapped up his new government. On the way, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett … Read More INSIDE ISRAEL’S NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT
THIS WEEK IN ISRAEL – COALITION CRISIS APPARENTLY OVER
Netanyahu Succeeds In Forming New Coalition Cabinet After Yair Lapid Agrees To Become Finance Minister Naftali Bennett Also Decides To Join New Government That Will Apparently Muster Clear Majority In Knesset
IRAN & NETANYAHU’S COALITION CAPERS
Air strike on Iran’s nuclear sites or Iranian A-bomb?
ISRAEL’S WEEK – COALITION, IRAN, TURKEY, PALESTINIANS
Bibi Netanyahu (Photo: Amit Shabi) Iranian missiles (photo: MEHR) Peace activist on the 'Marmara' Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas BIBI DOESN’T GET IT, YET! Israel’s coalition crisis drags on with Prime … Read More ISRAEL’S WEEK – COALITION, IRAN, TURKEY, PALESTINIANS
BARACK OBAMA & BIBI’S COALITION PUZZLE
Netanyahu and Obama in the White House (Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Obama at the Western Wall in Jerusalem (during his first term) President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo: … Read More BARACK OBAMA & BIBI’S COALITION PUZZLE
Israeli Elections – Nevertheless Bibi?
Benyamin Netanyahu (photo: Facebook) Yair Lapid (photo: Yair Lapid Facebook) It’s a long way from over but there has already been a major shift in Israel’s general election. Prime Minister … Read More Israeli Elections – Nevertheless Bibi?
Israel at the Ballot Box
The Israeli Elections 2013: A Primer