Helena Cobban has published an amazing report on an interview she did with smiling senior Likud security-affairs specialist Efraim Inbar, who surely has Netanyahu’s ear. Somewhat shocking. A lot of racism dignified as the “Zionist ethos.” Incredible arrogance, which I…
Today Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director of J Street, has an article in the Huffington Post that could have been ripped from the pages of Mondoweiss. In his post “Avigdor Lieberman’s Makeover Won’t Work” Ben-Ami addresses the wedge that Avigdor Lieberman…
Everyone who comes to this site should be aware that right now the point of the lance is Times columnist Roger Cohen, who, “shamed” by Gaza, has done the best work on Israel/Palestine at the Times (I know, not a…
Hillary Clinton just landed in Israel and the Israeli press is already pessimistic about what she’ll think about the state of Israeli politics. From the YNet article “Official: Rightist government may hurt US-Israel relations”: “Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s views on…
Benjamin Netanyahu’s possible coalition partners say the darnedest things. Although Avigdor Lieberman is getting most of the attention, there are other parties being courted that have equally disturbing things to say. In response to Peace Now revealing that the Israeli…
From “Why isn’t Netanyahu backing two-state solution?” in Ha’aretz: Netanyahu believes Israel must insist on retaining 50 percent of the West Bank – the open areas in the Jordan Valley and the Judean Desert that are vital as a security…
A stunner in the Jerusalem Post, of all places, by the great Larry Derfner, denouncing the Gaza assault and saying that Israel’s actions are “responsible” for the surge in the level of the global “reservoirs” of antisemitism. Has a lot…
Frightening. Ben Smith in Politico on Lieberman’s charm offensive: Others argue that he could be a useful foil for Benjamin Netanyahu, allowing the new prime minister to better cast himself as a centrist. Smith also says that even Joe Lieberman…
Avigdor Lieberman may have come in a surprising third in the elections in Israel, but he knows where the ultimate power base is. So today he has an op-ed in the New York Jewish Week trying to overcome the criticism…