Sebastien Levi

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Nov 19, 2019, 11:53 PM

The latest decision by the Trump administration declaring “not illegal “the Israeli settlements in the West Bank may well be the final and mortal blow not so much to the non-existent peace process, but to the very possibility to...

Sep 5, 2019, 3:49 AM

Netanyahu, unleashed in his fight for political survival

In less than 2 weeks, the Israeli voters will decide whether to put again their destiny in the hands of the already longest serving Prime Minister in Israel’s history, Binyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is actually in a fight for his political...

Dec 11, 2018, 11:51 PM

A fading light unto the nations

Last Sunday, we lit the last candle of Hanukkah. The following Tuesday, Matteo Salvini, Italy’s Far-right Deputy prime Minister, arrived in Israel, greeted and welcomed as a friend by Israel’s prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The “light unto the nations”,...

Oct 31, 2018, 7:20 PM

The Israeli government against American Jewry

Israel is supposed to be the state of the Jews, the state for the Jews, and it is becoming on front of our very eyes a nemesis for many liberal Jews in the world, first and foremost in the...

Oct 12, 2018, 9:50 AM

In Netanyahu’s Israel, empathy is for suckers

For the liberal Israeli living in the US that I am, the last few weeks have been a succession of depressing news, from the appointment of Judge Cavanaugh to the Nation-state law, the arrests of Human rights activists at Ben...

Sep 8, 2018, 11:22 AM

The Repub-Likud Party and what it means for Israel

These two once-respected parties have become parties of angry and tribal supporters, unable to reason and respect their adversaries

Sep 1, 2018, 12:25 AM

The gatekeepers of Israel’s democracy

This morning, the head of “Breaking the Silence” was detained by border police for questioning, together with 2 other people. The official reason: he was in a military zone, which is a ludicrous reason when we know that the settlers...

Aug 22, 2018, 1:00 AM

The summer of reckoning for Israel’s democracy

This summer, we are witnessing some of the first very tangible weather events affected by Global warming throughout the word: Heat waves, fires, floods, the planet is showing the signs that many scientists or politicians had warned us about...

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French-Israeli business executive living in New York.