In the early days of the Yishuv, it’s cultural and political leaders and were heady with the task of nation-building. Unfortunately, they were nowhere near as high-minded as America’s Founding Fathers (with all their flaws). Israel’s first national poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik said the dream of Zion would be redeemed when there were Jewish thieves, […]
Mexican Government Cancels NSO Group Cyber-Surveillance Contract, Launches Corruption Investigation
NOTE: I did an interview for The Real News Network (above) about my post on Israel’s attempt to sabotage the 2016 election. I also published a piece for Middle East Eye recently on the Israeli Supreme Court’s ratification of a new governing coalition just as corrupt and dysfunctional as the previous one. I hope you’ll […]
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. […]
Gantz to Join Israeli Unity Government, Blue and White Opposition Disintegrates
Former Blue and White coalition leader, Benny Gantz, has single-handedly destroyed the very alliance he founded by agreeing to join a unity government with the ruling Likud and its far-right bloc. When the news broke, his former partners, Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid and Bogie Yaalon of Telem, angrily denounced the betrayal and vowed to […]
