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Jonathan Ariel

Jan 11, 2022, 4:03 PM

A Jewish settler throws stones at Israeli forces in Homesh, a former Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Homesh was evacuated in August 2005. March 28 2007. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

By not enforcing Israeli law for illegal West Bank outposts and other de-facto separatist communities, Israel is steadily turning itself into a shtetl with an army

Jan 5, 2020, 10:48 PM

Prime ministerial immunity is an abomination

The law granting Israeli prime ministers the ability to remain in office after indictment is a constitutional abomination, as it fatally compromises the underlying foundations of a Westminster based parliamentary system such as ours. Democracy cannot and will not...

May 23, 2019, 3:35 PM

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American Middle East strategy may be fraying

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, at in the inaugural opening of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Jewish News)

The US has put its eggs in the Saudi basket, and Israel is following suit -- an approach that may soon backfire

Nov 12, 2018, 3:17 PM

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Israel must make a decision on Gaza

Israeli soldiers stand guard outside Kibbutz Nahal Oz near the border with Gaza, following clashes between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ FLASH90)

A focus on political expediency leaves Israel putting out fires, instead of strategizing for the good of the country and its neighbors

Oct 16, 2018, 1:44 PM

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Israel, don’t sacrifice deterrence for revenge

Ari Fuld, father of four, and resident of Efrat, killed in a stabbing attack in September, 2017.(Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)

The IDF plans to demolish the family home of Ari Fuld's murderer even though the terrorist's parents tried to prevent the attack

About Me

Jonathan Ariel is a South African native who served as an intelligence officer with the ANC and subsequently worked with Nelson Mandela. In Israel he was News Editor of Makor Rishon, Editor-in-Chief of Ma’ariv International, and Editor-in-Chief of Jerusalem Online’s English-language website Channel 2 News.