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IDF soldiers conduct operations against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, Jan. 20, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Let Israel finish the job

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Did you know that Saddam Hussein won the First Gulf War of 1991? That's the version I heard in Iraq in 2003, after noticing the same Arabic inscription decorating chandeliers in Saddam’s palaces all...
Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 7, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israeli Labor Party leader Michaeli to quit politics

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Merav Michaeli, the head of Israel’s opposition Labor Party, will retire from political life after serving out her current term in the Knesset, she announced on Thursday. “The State of Israel is currently in a...
Then-Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits Jerusalem City Hall, Nov. 10, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Gantz: This isn’t the time to replace Netanyahu

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Benny Gantz, currently serving as part of Israel's War Cabinet, has said in private conversations that the idea of replacing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the middle of the war is "nothing less than...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog reenacting a famous photograph of Theodor Herzl. Photo: Haim Zach/GPO.

Zionism has very few sacred cows

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Over the past few years, I've taken a deep dive into Zionism in my personal and professional studies. I've read more books, papers and articles than I can count. I've interviewed experts, scholars and...
Workers at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham prepare ballot boxes for Israel's Nov. 1 national election, Oct.12, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Leaders of anti-reform protests to run in local elections

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The protest movement against the Netanyahu government's judicial reform program is attempting to transform itself into a democratic political force, running candidates under the name "New Contract" in municipal elections set for Oct. 31. "New...
Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 24, 2013. Credit: World Economic Forum.

Likud calls for criminal charges after Barak compares Netanyahu to Hitler

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Israel's ruling Likud Party on Monday denounced former premier Ehud Barak for posting to social media a video that compares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. "Must watch! Is Netanyahu mentally unfit...
Then-Deputy Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana addresses the Knesset plenum, May 16, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Opposition MK calls for Netanyahu-led unity gov’t

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National Unity Party Knesset member Matan Kahana called Thursday for the formation of a unity government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the second such call by an opposition lawmaker this week. According to...
IDF Merkava 4 tanks, in the Golan Heights, May 8, 2023. Photo by Ofer Zidon/Flash90.

Israel’s long, hot summer

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From atop small mountain peaks in the Israeli Golan Heights you can peer deep into both Lebanon and Syria. On the Israeli side of the border, everything is green. Why? Because the Israelis irrigate...
“Channel 14” workers and supporters protest against then-Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid outside the Tel Aviv Government Complex on Oct. 11, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

A monolithic media, essential to the left, imperils democracy

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As different as the United States and Israel are, the events of the last several months have shown that the political and media cultures of the two nations are growing more and more alike....
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at a protest in Tel Aviv against the government's planned judicial reforms, Feb. 25, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90.

Ehud Barak’s poisonous pyromania

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On the days after Tisha B'Av, it would be nice to write about national unity, shared destiny, moderation and restraint. But I cannot ignore the kasach—the unbridled confrontation, the inflammatory demagoguery, the warmongering—that has become...