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 […]
Aliyah Down from France, U.S.; Social Rifts Widening Within Israel
Haaretz published new figures concerning Israeli immigration which show that in the first three months of 2017, aliyah decreased markedly from both the U.S. and France, two of the largest Jewish Diaspora communities. It was down by 25% in the U.S. and 29% in France. This contrasts with vocal predictions from Israeli leaders that not […]
Jewish Home MK Candidate Directs Settler Rabbi Group Which Adovcated Genocide
In 2011, I posted the graphic accompanying this post. It features an article from in a settler newsletter published by a Haredi group called ‘Fountains of Salvation’ (beware anyone promising redemption either through religion or politics). It was shocking when I first read it, because it contained the first explicit reference I’d seen to transferring Palestinians to death […]
Israel’s Upcoming Election: “It Don’t Matter Anymore”
An earlier version of this essay was published by Middle East Eye, whom I thank for offering it a home: I love that old Linda Ronstadt song from classic era of Eagles-inspired soul-rock, It Don’t Matter Anymore. Describes the upcoming Israeli election to a ‘T.’ During the U.S. anti-war movement of the 1960s and 70s there […]
