Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue
Third Temple: Israel’s Occupation Is Coming Home
Netanyahu’s government is not here to debate—it’s here to rule, and any resistance is an intifada.
You know the story about the guy who spends his whole life eating health food and exercising, and in the end a refrigerator crushes him to death? Oh, the irony:
Biden’s Moral Calculus in Brokering a Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal
Last week, the Times columnist Thomas Friedman reported that the Biden Administration was “wrestling with whether to pursue the possibility of a U.S.-Saudi mutual security pact that would involve Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel.” The pact, Friedman wrote, would entail Israeli “concessions to the Palestinians that would preserve the possibility of a two-state solution.” At first glance, the prospect appears unlikely: American-Saudi relations have been frosty since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, in 2018, and since the departure of
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
No Amount of Prudence Will Appease Opponents of Israel’s Judicial Reform
Those who believe that objections to the reforms are based simply on a preference for methodical change are ignoring the glaring evidence.
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Israel’s Tattered Social Contract – The Atlantic
Eran Schwartz looks like a fighter pilot. The 40-something appeared last week on the Israeli television show Ofira and Berkowitz—a black V-neck T-shirt over his trim, athletic chest; his black hair cut short—to defend his decision to end his service in the air-force reserves. “We’re not the ones who tore up the social contract,” he said. “We swore to serve a state that is Jewish and democratic. And if Netanyahu is going to end Israel’s being a liberal
The Trump Campaign’s Collusion With Israel
“Roger, hello from Jerusalem,” read the message from the Israeli secret agent. Dated August 12, 2016, it was addressed to Roger Stone—at the time a key player in Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign. “Any progress? He is going to be defeated unless we intervene. We have critical intel. The key is in your hands! Back in the US next week.” Later, the agent promised, “October Surprise coming!”
While the American media and political system
What’s Behind the Calls for “Democracy” in Israel?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was produced in collaboration with +972 Magazine and Local Call, two media outlets run by Palestinian and Israeli journalists.
