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Jun 9, 2025, 8:03 PM

Divide-and-Rule: Netanyahu’s Flawed Strategy

Divide-and-Rule: Netanyahu's Flawed Strategy

Binyamin Netanyahu’s political beliefs have been open-ended since inception albeit glossed over by the international community. A lot has changed, since his election as Likud party chairman in 1993, yet trends and tactics remain the same. A policy of ‘land...

Feb 5, 2025, 9:55 PM

20 Years Later: Lessons from Israel’s Disengagement

Twenty years ago, Israel left Gaza with hopes of security and peace. Instead, it got rockets, war, and the deadliest attack in its history. What went wrong? On February 16, 2005, in a 59-40 vote, the Israeli Knesset approved the...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jan 5, 2025, 11:58 PM

As it ends well, all is well—Obama, Biden, Carter, Bush, and Trump as lame ducks

How US presidents really treated Israel shows when they're lame ducks Obama knew racism, so I assumed he understood Jew-hatred. Wrong. He only liked court Jews in the US, not the self-aware Israeli ones. Much lying went around about him,...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Nov 15, 2024, 6:55 AM

All Fired Up: Bibi’s Hatchet

What do these four Israeli politicians – Mordechai, Yaalon, Lieberman, Gallant – uniquely share in common? Yes, they all served as Defense Ministers (DMs) over the past few decades, but so did some others. Their special common denominator: all...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jul 26, 2024, 9:33 AM

When a Country Leader’s Health Goes Downhill

As my annual driver’s license renewal approached recently, I received a notice from Israel’s Motor Vehicle Bureau to first undergo a medical checkup and an eye test before granting me the renewal. As this was the first time I...

Jul 21, 2024, 1:29 PM

The Unlikelihood of a Two-State Solution After October 7th

Collage of soldiers and civilians killed on October 7th and in the war, and current hostages in Gaza. Photo by Nir Friedman

I am a Strong Proponent for a Two-State Solution. But External Forces Have Compelled Me to Abandon the Idea A two-state solution sounds simple. Palestinians establish a country, and we keep ours. But to my dismay, it’s far more complex...

Apr 8, 2024, 9:53 AM

‘Mowing the Lawn,’ Penalty Kicks, and Nash Equilibria

Six months on from October 7th, the sleeping giant of the political Israeli public is waking up. Though up until now, real accountability is on the back burner, and most maneuvers to bring down the government are coming primarily...

Apr 3, 2024, 1:43 AM

Feeling inspired! Time to prepare the return to Gaza

The other day I had the opportunity to visit the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem. I have been there before but it never had such an impact on me as it did yesterday. The reasoning of course is clear to...

Feb 17, 2024, 12:27 AM

The Consequences of Dividing Israel, and the US Elections 2024

Satellite photo of Hurricane Harvey approaching the Texas coast, August 25, 2017.
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A Warning for America as it Heads to the Polls in 2024 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” Genesis 12:7 (NIV) On that day, when all the nations of the earth are...

Jonathan Zausmer

Nov 15, 2023, 6:57 PM

The Barghouti Option

In the wake of the events of October the 7th 2023 and the resulting war in Gaza, many of those in the peace camp in Israel - and indeed various other pundits on the Israeli side, are now looking...

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