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...]
Boycotts Have an Honored Status in Jewish History
There's a supreme irony in Israel's current all-out war on BDS. A boycott played a critical part in one critical episode in modern Jewish history. In 1933, American Jewish leaders organized an international boycott of Germany. The campaign was extremely effective. Over five years, German trade declined dramatically and its economic recovery was … [Read more...]
Israel’s Zionist Left “in the Toilet”
And no, that memorable phrase was not mine. Rather, it was an appraisal that outgoing Party chair, Zehava Gal-On offered after the incoming Party chair, Tamar Zandberg, said in a TV interview that she would be willing to enter a future governing coalition with Avigdor Lieberman's Israel Beitenu Party. This, of course shocked many members of Meretz, who … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Major Meretz-Histadrut Sex Scandal
CORRECTION/APOLOGY: Thanks to a number of Israeli readers who pointed out that the previous identification of the suspect in this case was in error. My profound apology to the individual who was wrongly identified. A number of independent sources have confirmed the name of the actual suspect who I've named below. בכיר מרצ וההסתדרות הנאשם בעבירות מין בקטינה … [Read more...]
