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Netanyahu Plans New Elections to Circumvent Corruption Indictment

March 19, 2017 By Richard Silverstein Leave a Comment

Netanyahu Plans New Elections to Circumvent Corruption Indictment

דברים שאמרתי טרם המראתי לביקור המדיני בסין >> pic.twitter.com/XnCpgGpFYN — Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) March 19, 2017 Israel is aswirl with rumors that Bibi Netanyahu is preparing to call new national elections.  There is a superficial cause and there is a hidden subtext behind his strategy.  The fake reason Bibi tells Israel is that he's … [Read more...]

Lieberman Sabotages New Israeli Government by Withdrawing from Coalition

May 4, 2015 By Richard Silverstein 5 Comments

For one of the few times in the history of his party, Yisrael Beitenu, Avigdor Lieberman is going into the Opposition.  He has turned down Bibi Netanyahu’s offer of the foreign ministry to retreat to the back benches.  He claims that the Likud-led government will lack principle and refuse to destroy Hamas, among other charges. If you know anything about … [Read more...]

Will Herzog Do the Deed with Bibi?

April 14, 2015 By Richard Silverstein 11 Comments

Israeli TV news reported tonight that Bibi Netanyahu, who is negotiating to form a new government, held a secret meeting with Isaac Herzog, leader of the Zionist Union.  I'd hoped something like this wouldn't happen.  I'd hoped that Labor, despite the hard times on which it'd fallen, would retain some sense of honor, dignity and principle and reject such a … [Read more...]

Israeli Election Post-Mortem: Rearranging the Deck Chairs

March 20, 2015 By Richard Silverstein 8 Comments

I use the term "post-mortem" deliberately, because the results of Israel's election have been a sort of death for many Diaspora Jews and even Israelis who hoped finally to be rid of Bibi Netanyahu.  There is a sense that Bibi, with his last minute racist pyrotechnics in effect stole the election, or at least manipulated it in a way that was truly horrifying. … [Read more...]

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