Tzahi Hanegbi (photo: Itzik Edri) IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip Within twenty-four hours over one hundred rockets and missiles launched from Gaza sent some one and a half … Read More Israel on Verge of Major Ground Operation Into Gaza
Internal Politics
Isracast Weekend Report: Now to Israel’s Election Campaign!
Analyst David Essing assesses the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel After President Barak Obama’s Victory – at least Netanyahu did not spoil Obama’s election chances by ordering an attack on Iran before Nov 6 Isracast also draws some conclusions about clandestine operations against Iran’s nuclear weapons project as now revealed by Israel’s top leaders
Kahlon’s Cold Feet and Abbas’s Hot Tip
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party Breaths Sigh of Relief After Moshe Kahlon Decides Not To Form New Party Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Chimes In By Declaring: “The West Bank & Gaza Is Palestine, All the Rest Is Israel”
Kahlon and Israel’s Election Vortex
Isracast Assessment: If Moshe Kahlon Does Not Run Now He’ll Be Viewed As Vacillating Wimp Or Manipulative Con Artist New Poll Indicates Kahlon Would Take Thirteen Seats, Five From Likud-Lieberman Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Calls On Kahlon To Stay In Party – Other Party Leaders Urge Kahlon To Bolt Likud-Lieberman Due To Economic Policy
Israeli Election – ‘Biberman’ Off and Running
Netanyahu-Lieberman Merger Claim Victory In Advance Of January 22 Election Labor’s Shelli Yachimovich Focuses On Trying To Attract Low Income Sefardi Voters Who Traditionally Support Likud Campaign Longshot: Recruit State President Shimon Peres To Lead A New Center-Left Bloc
Why Netanyahu Did It!
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Feared Likud Would Not Win Most Knesset Seats In January Election Netanyahu’s Proposed Partnership With Avigdor Lieberman Arousing Some Opposition Inside Likud But Will Likely Be Passed By Party Convention Labor’s Shelly Yachimovich Preparing To Cash In On Netanyahu-Lieberman Ticket
Kahlon and Israeli Election Fever
Surprise ‘Time Out’ By Popular Likud Cabinet Minister Moshe Kahlon Is Indicator Of Harsh Post Election Economic Decrees IsraCast Assessment: Kahlon Decided To Step Aside After Concluding He Will Not Be In Position To Affect Likud’s Future Economic Policy
Current Israeli Approach to Iran
Cabinet Minister Moshe Yaalon: “To My Regret, America’s Position Has Not Convinced Iran Of The West”s Determination To Go All The Way’ “Military Option Must Be Last Resort – But It Must Be Credible If Sanctions Are To Succeed” Isracast Assessment: Yaalon’s Position Reflects Different Approaches Inside Israeli Cabinet Which Would Have To Authorize An Israeli Military peration Against Iran
Early Israeli Election & Iran
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu: “I Call For An Early Election As Soon As Possible Because Coalition Partners Refuse To Compromise On Responsible Budget” Election Day Predicted For February – Campaign To Be Waged Over Iran & Economic Policy IsraCast Assessment: Netanyahu’s Decision Militates Against An Israeli Strike On Iran Before Early Election
Yitzhak Shamir (1915-2012)
Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983-84 and 1986-1992. He was the country’s second longest-serving prime minister after David Ben-Gurion.