A few weeks ago, IDF chief of staff, Aviv Kochavi made an unprecedented public comment trashing the JCPOA nuclear agreement with Iran. In fact, all of his recent predecessors in that role had endorsed the deal, as had both Mossad and Shin Bet intelligence chiefs. No one wanted a war with Iran. And though some […]
Saar Threatens, Elkin Bolts: Is it the Beginning of the End for Bibi?
I’m not prone to quoting Winston Churchill. His politics were not mine. But since Bibi Netanyahu feigns a fondness for Churchill, it’s apt to quote his stirring D-Day speech: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Actually, we […]
Israeli Election: There Was a Moment of Hope, Now It’s Gone
After the last Israeli election, the virtual tie made it clear that there were only two paths to forming a new government: a minority government consisting of the centrist bloc supported from the outside by the Israeli-Palestinian Joint List; or a unity government of the Likud and its chief rival, Blue and White. When 61 […]
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 […]
