How is Israel reaction to the current escalation between the US and Iran in the Gulf? Obviously, Israel is rooting for Trump, as are all the Arab states, which also … Read More ISRAEL AND THE GULF CRISIS
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ISRAEL’S ELECTION CRISIS – THE AFTERSHOCK
Political turmoil reigns supreme – in the hoopla of the April 9th election, Bibi Netanyahu was confident he was on his way to a record fifth term as Israel’s Prime … Read More ISRAEL’S ELECTION CRISIS – THE AFTERSHOCK
BERNIE SANDERS AND ISRAEL’S HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
Another annual day of remembering the Holocaust has come and gone in Israel. As always, it was marked by a deeply moving ceremony on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl near the Holocaust … Read More BERNIE SANDERS AND ISRAEL’S HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
THE RATIONALITY FOR NETANYAHU’S RE-ELECTION
How come Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, who faces three indictments for fraud, has won an unprecedented fifth election? Just three days after election day Israeli jets reportedly launched another … Read More THE RATIONALITY FOR NETANYAHU’S RE-ELECTION
ISRAELI ELECTION – POLLS INDICATE THAT ONLY A LAST MINUTE SURPRISE CAN PREVENT A NETANYAHU VICTORY
With election day coming on April 9, the polls showed that PM Netanyahu’s Likud Party and the Blue and While of Benny Gantz were still locked in a neck-and-neck race. … Read More ISRAELI ELECTION – POLLS INDICATE THAT ONLY A LAST MINUTE SURPRISE CAN PREVENT A NETANYAHU VICTORY
UN’S ‘TUNNEL VISION’ ON IRAN, LEBANON & GAZA
UN Knows Nothing About Possible Nuclear Weapons Research At Iranian Military Bases UNIFIL Sees No Signs of Hezbollah Military Build-up in Southern Lebanon Israel Shows UN Secretary General Guterres Hamas … Read More UN’S ‘TUNNEL VISION’ ON IRAN, LEBANON & GAZA
NETANYAHU IMPOSES PARTIAL FREEZE ON SETTLEMENTS
Remember Henry’s Kissinger’s ‘constructive ambiguity’? We are now seeing President Trump’s version of it, possibly on the advice of his special emissary Jason Greenblatt, who recently visited the region to … Read More NETANYAHU IMPOSES PARTIAL FREEZE ON SETTLEMENTS
TRUMP SIGNALS NETANYAHU – HOLD YOUR HORSES ON SETTLEMENTS!
It was not long in coming – President Trump has signaled Prime Minister Netanyahu to back off on building new settlements or expanding any existing settlements ‘beyond their current borders’. … Read More TRUMP SIGNALS NETANYAHU – HOLD YOUR HORSES ON SETTLEMENTS!
OBAMA MAY HAVE SCREWED ISRAEL BUT BIBI ALSO SCREWED UP
US President Barack Obama screwed Israel on the UN Security Council Resolution that blamed Israeli settlements solely for the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Granted, Secretary John Kerry has tried to take … Read More OBAMA MAY HAVE SCREWED ISRAEL BUT BIBI ALSO SCREWED UP
ISRAEL REELING FROM UN RESOLUTION OUTLAWING WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS
Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu should have known better – but he didn’t. He has now presided over Israel’s greatest diplomatic debacle in years. Bibi knew U.S. President Barack Obama was … Read More ISRAEL REELING FROM UN RESOLUTION OUTLAWING WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS