UPDATE: Latest exit polls show resounding victory for Netanyahu’s far-right coalition: aywhere from 61 to 62 seats. He will form the most extremist government in Israeli history. This means that his most violent allies, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir will demand ministerial posts. They will be angling for security portfolios which will enable them to […]
Biden in Israel: Unforced Errors Attacks Democratic critics of Israel, calling them "few," while rejecting apartheid label
Joe Biden has completed the Israel leg of his Middle East coming-out party. Even before he left the US, critics lambasted him for tone-deafness in meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who ordered the murder of journalist, Jamal Khasoggi. The shameful transparency of the visit’s purpose–to lobby his government to increase oil production, in […]
US-Iran Return to Nuclear Deal Would Leave Israel Out in the Cold
The chances of the US and Iran signing a renewed nuclear deal resemble the betting on who will win the Super Bowl. Bengals? Rams? Maybe a deal, maybe not. Who knows? But a Haaretz story based on unnamed (naturally, this is Israel of course) official sources says that an agreement is imminent. If true, this […]
