With all the tragedy of last week, it seems only fitting that this week brings the death of a major figure who fueled the Trump miasma and the ascendancy of a militant Republican movement: Sheldon Adelson. Though Adelson, who was 87, was American by birth and never took Israeli citizenship, he had little use for […]
Beinart’s ‘Road to a New Jerusalem’
NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my latest piece on Israel’s attack on Iran’s Natanz centrifuge production facility. Please give it a read. As Christians will know, the founder of the Church, Paul, had a “conversion” on the road to Damascus, (the ‘Damascene Conversion’), which led him to break with his Jewish past and found […]
Gantz Caves, Agrees to Likud Conditions to Form Unity Government
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, conceded key positions he’d maintained in prior unity government negotiations; and he and Bibi Netanyahu announced they’d reached an agreement to form what they are calling an “emergency government,” but which others are more aptly calling a “transitional government.” There were several key obstacles to achieving the final deal. […]
Netanyahu Ethnically Cleanses Israeli Palestinian Knesset Vote
הכרעת העם ברורה: 58 מנדטים למחנה הציוני-ימני ו-47 מנדטים למחנה הציוני-שמאלני. אזרחי ישראל נתנו לי קולות יותר מלכל מועמד אחר בתולדות המדינה. גנץ מנסה לגנוב את הבחירות – אנחנו לא ניתן לזה לקרות! pic.twitter.com/ocRzlOCFq6 — Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) March 4, 2020 UPDATE: My latest Middle East Eye piece, Israel election exposes a political system in […]
