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Apr 24, 2023, 11:33 PM

Federate, don’t separate

INTRODUCTION While the two-state solution in a variety of configurations continues to figure in the public discourse in Israel and abroad and is frequently mentioned as the only viable solution to the conflict with the Palestinians, its political implementation is...

Feb 27, 2023, 7:06 PM

No Vision, no Future

Looking at recent Israeli history, it's difficult to claim that the country has a clear vision of where it should be heading. While a general call to continue on a zionist path can be discerned, it's not at all...

Dec 31, 2022, 11:19 PM

The Brief History of the Jewish Nation State

A review of Israel's policies ever since 1977, with exceptions from 1992 to 1996 and 1999 to 2000, clearly shows that they are devised to make a Jewish Nation State, one that gives preferential treatment to Jews, impossible. That...

Dec 18, 2022, 4:54 PM

Israel-Palestine – Go Regional

Israel is clearly at a crossroads if not about to run into a wall, without a clear vision on how to proceed. The situation with the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria is almost hopeless with Israel unwilling to negotiate,...

Sep 26, 2022, 7:11 PM

Lost in the service of the IDF

The TV interview several weeks ago on N12 with five of Israel's former Chiefs of Staff, Ehud Barak, Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon, Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, shocking as it was to me, clarified much more than the...

Jul 8, 2022, 2:08 PM

Apartheid or what?

While Israelis by and large scoff at the Apartheid label that is being lobbed at us from more and more individuals and organizations the world over with ever increasing vigor and malice and the Jewish diaspora by and large...

Aug 9, 2021, 11:32 PM

Israel/Palestine – Danger, Tipping Point Ahead

Tipping points are well-known phenomena when it comes to epidemiology and public behavior regarding consumer trends, not to mention climate change. At one stage, suddenly and often without a clearly identifiable reason, a previously moderate trend starts to increase...

Sep 6, 2020, 12:20 PM

Normalization, Really ?

At a recent EU conference, at of all places, Villa Lieberman ( namesake of the leader of an Israeli opposition party, E.S.) in Berlin, Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, informed his German counterpart Heiko Maas, apparently unexpectedly, that Israel...

Jun 22, 2020, 2:11 PM

Annexation and the A Word

The closer we get to the 1st of July, the designated due date for annexation, the shriller the public dialogue on the subject. The reason is clear, time flies but our government makes no attempt whatsoever to clarify the...

Jun 7, 2020, 3:58 PM

Annexation Blues

PM Netanyahu's announcement that he is setting the stage for annexation of areas of the West Bank/Judea and Samaria as part of the implementation of the Trump plan early July this year, has ignited a lively public discussion in...

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The author served in the Prime Minister’s Office as a member of the intelligence community, is Vice Chairman of the Israel-Indonesia Chamber of Commerce, Vice-Chairman of the Israeli-German Society (IDG), Co-Chair of the Federation Movement (www.federation.org.il), member of the council at israelimovement.co.il and author of "Identity: The Quest for Israel's Future".

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