חשיפה: השב"כ חושד שרוסיה היא שגרמה להקדמת הבחירות (כדי לסייע לנתניהו), בכך שלחצה על ליברמן להתפטר A confidential Israeli security source tells me that the recent resignation of Avigdor Lieberman from the governing coalition was not motivated by his dissatisfaction with Israeli policy toward Gaza, as the former defense minister stated at the time. Rather, … [Read more...]
Netanyahu Government Falls
Today, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu decided to topple his own government and call new elections. The ostensible reason was that impending legislation to compel ultra-Orthodox men to serve in the IDF was destined to fail due to opposition from key parties. The real reason for the dissolution is more complicated. First, Netanyahu faces indictment on … [Read more...]
UJA Federation Chief Executive: ‘Israel Makes Donors Want to Vomit’
Maariv published an eye-opening report a few days ago regarding an interview with the chief executive of the largest Jewish communal fundraising organization in the U.S., UJA Federation of NY. It's leader, Eric Goldstein, was almost suicidally candid (something for which such executives are not known) about the impact Israel's brutalism towards the … [Read more...]
For Bibi, Hondeling Over the Holocaust in Return for an Anti-Semite’s Embrace
Barak Ravid reports (Hebrew and English here) that Hungary, like Poland, is now seeking to engage in Holocaust revisionism. Just as the Poles passed a law that offered a prison sentence to anyone who blamed Poles for the Holocaust, Hungary is now getting into the act. If you asked any of the leaders of the far-right parties running these countries, not a … [Read more...]
