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U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 23, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel, Iran and Trump: Behind the rhetoric

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Referring to a Talmudic dictum relating to self-defense, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video clip on Sunday morning, explaining the preemptive strike launched by the Israel Defense Forces in Syria on Saturday night. “If someone...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 5, 2018. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Worry over U.S. – Israel relations after Bibi, after Trump

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Is it possible that the U.S. president, considered by many to be more supportive of Israel than any of his predecessors, uses the terminology of anti-Semites? Have his Jewish daughter and her family not...
U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 26, 2018. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Israel makes red lines clear as Washington prepares peace plan

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“If the Trump administration’s peace plan contains elements that run counter to Israel’s interests, Prime Minister Netanyahu won’t hesitate to oppose them,” a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. The official told Israeli daily Israel...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference at the Davidson Center in Jerusalem's Old City on June 27, 2019. Photo by Aharon Krohn/Flash90.

Netanyahu: Israel is preparing for a ‘forceful strike’ against Hamas

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Israel is readying plans for a “forceful military strike against Hamas,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. Speaking with reporters while visiting Ukraine, he was asked whether his government could properly deal with the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks with Israel Defense Forces' Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi during an event honoring outstanding IDF reservists, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on July 1, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu’s carrot-and-stick policy on Gaza

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Of all the criticism lobbed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu these days, the claim that he has been exercising restraint towards the terrorists in Gaza to distract from his legal battles and guarantee...
File photo: Israeli soldiers seen near IDF tanks stationed near the Israeli border with Gaza on May 6, 2019. Credit: Aharon Krohn/Flash90.

Will Israel launch a military ground operation in Gaza?

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under attack for his perceived inaction on the Gaza front with some saying that he is more concerned with election polling calculations. Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcomed to the presidential palace in Kiev by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Aug. 19, 2019. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO.

Netanyahu, Zelensky sign bilateral cooperation deal boosting Israel-Ukrainian ties

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed bilateral agreements on Monday, a day after the Israeli leader landed in Kiev for an official visit. In a statement following the signing at...
President Donald Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress Feb. 28, 2017. Credit: Shealah Craighead/White House.

While a consensus rules in Israel, US politics becomes more divisive

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It used to be that Israel and the United States represented two very different political paradigms. The two major American political parties may have had their disagreements, but the difference in their worldviews was slight...
Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman speaks during his party's election campaign conference in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Shameful comparisons in the name of politics

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Is it too much to ask of Israeli politicians that they take a pause before providing priceless ammunition to the Jewish state’s worst enemies? Clearly, the answer is “yes.” In what can only be described as...
Former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Credit: Edward Kaprov/Wikipedia Commons.

Likud members swear fealty to Bibi

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Avigdor Lieberman has stated publicly that because of his endeavor to promote a national unity government (consisting – of course- of himself, Likud, and Blue and White), Likud may have to choose another leader. He mentioned Yuli Edelstein, the...