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Jul 21, 2024, 4:15 PM

The Knesset vote against Palestinian statehood is terrible for Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, attends a debate at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

While the vote may score political points for Netanyahu, it harms the country’s diplomacy in the region and relations with the US

Oct 7, 2023, 11:48 PM

Benjamin Netanyahu used to be ‘Mr. Security’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seated third from left, holds a meeting with his security cabinet in Tel Aviv, Oct. 7, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

How did the prime minister and his far-right government fail to meet Israelis’ most basic safety needs?

Dec 6, 2018, 3:00 PM

Annexation – at what cost?

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv, on September 5, 2018. (Flash90)

The half-baked idea would formalize a one state arrangement and render Israel un-Jewish and un-democratic

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David A. Halperin is executive director of the Israel Policy Forum.