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Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Mar 28, 2025, 8:13 AM

‘Deep state?’ A contemporary, all-too-human witch hunt

The difference between then and now is the far greater ability to spread conspiratorial thinking

Marcia G. Yerman

Dec 23, 2024, 7:33 PM

‘The Bibi Files’: Corruption vs. Morality Meets Survival

"The Bibi Files" had a World Premiere at DocNY, was included in the JCC's Other Israel Film Festival, and had its official US release in mid-December. Jolt is the distributor, and they put no limits on the material. "The...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Mar 3, 2023, 8:05 AM

The folly of hubris: Bibi, Levin, Rotman – and Putin

Protesters estimated by organizers to number 145,000 rally in central Tel Aviv, on February 11, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's far-right government. (Screenshot of drone footage; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Had Israel's right been less prideful and more strategic, they might have averted the current uproar altogether

May 31, 2021, 11:51 AM

I have seen the workings of bribery up close; not as a participant, but as a bystander, as a rebuffer of bribe attempts, and sometimes as a whistleblower. While employed by the United States government I received training in...

Oct 17, 2020, 6:45 PM

Israel Through a Periscope

It is fitting that after a month of total lockdown when almost everyone in Israel seems to be adrift, that the focus has been on submarines. It is more than ironic, nay tragically poetic, that alongside heartbreaking scenes of...

Mar 17, 2020, 1:49 PM

Can Netanyahu Be Justly Prosecuted for Media Manipulation in a Democracy?

“Seeking favorable publicity or offering it to a candidate or public official simply cannot be a crime in a democratic nation that reveres a free press.” This was the clear warning in the well-documented conclusion of the “Legal Memorandum,”...

Mar 2, 2020, 12:27 AM

An Indictment Against The Opponents of Netanyahu

Corruption and collusion suspicions surround leading opposition MKs and high-ranking unelected government officials opposing Netanyahu, get buried by mainstream media, along with the long list of his extraordinary achievements and serious questions regarding the legitimacy of the indictments against...

Dec 5, 2019, 3:19 PM

Remove Netanyahu right now on grounds of temporary incapacity

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, in Jerusalem on February 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

There's an unacceptable, extreme conflict of interest between Netanyahu the accused and Netanyahu, head of the executive branch

Nov 21, 2019, 11:09 PM

A Day of Sadness — A Day of Gladness

My honorable fellow citizens of Israel. We have waited three years for this day. A day that has now entered forever in the history books of our country. The Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, today issued his final decision in which Prime...

Apr 8, 2019, 8:28 PM

Israel Elections Redux

A single question will determine the outcome of tomorrows national elections. After all of the twists and turns, the fundamental decision of the voters remains unchanged. Should Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should serve a fifth term or not? Until calling...

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