Bibi Netanyahu's failure to cobble together a governing coalition despite 6 weeks of trying after the last election, is embarrassing. The only thing more embarrassing is his end-run around Israeli law by passing, at the eleventh hour, a bill dissolving Knesset. That denied President Rivlin, one of his arch nemeses, the opportunity to offer either another … [Read more...]
Netanyahu Wins and Will Be Next Prime Minister of the Judeo-Ethno-State
UPDATE: Haaretz columnist Anshel Pfeffer has just tweeted that the final votes tabulated form the IDF count do NOT put Bennett's New Right party into Knesset. Meretz has also gained a seat. In the midst of a very dark election, these developments are some consolation. Looks like the soldiers vote has not put Bennett/Shaked over the threshold. Yamin … [Read more...]
Bibi Will Win…and Annex the West Bank
I'm about to make a counter-intuitive, but I think persuasive argument that Bibi Netanyahu's virtually assured election victory on Tuesday will, in the long-term, lead us closer to the ultimate (not 'final') solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. First, let's review the latest polls, which say that Blue and White, the opposition center-right coalition … [Read more...]
Did Israel Secretly Retrieve IDF Soldier’s Body Month Before Election?
Arutz 7, which is a media mouthpiece for the radical settler movement, published a story about the retrieval of the body of IDF soldier, Zachary Baumel, 37 years after he fell on the battlefield in Lebanon. The report featured on the website now is dated April 3rdh. But if you search Google results for the same article, they display a publication date of … [Read more...]
