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May 13, 2025, 8:49 PM

Netanyahu on the Way to a Plea Deal

The President Launches a Public Campaign for a Deal — and Netanyahu Stays Silent My Take: Likud’s Silence Points to Coordination with Herzog — Possibly Ahead of a Security Escalation or Major Legal Move As someone who has known the political...

May 13, 2025, 6:36 PM

What the firing of Ronen Bar means for American democracy

Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services, attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

If you want to understand how democracies erode - not in coups, but in committee rooms - one need look no further than Israel. The ousting (and subsequent un-ousting) of Ronen Bar, the head of Israel's Shin Bet internal...

May 12, 2025, 11:11 AM

Can fascism be resisted, repulsed and restrained in America and Israel?

Peace summit in Jerusalem on May 9, 2025, courtesy of Times of Israel, Charlie Summers

I returned to Bibiland from Trumpland last week quite depressed after two months in the USA under the dystopian reign of King Donald and his lunatic cabinet of useless idiots and irrational Republican majorities in the House and Senate...

May 12, 2025, 7:01 AM

Pres. Trump: Most Israelis Trust You to Lead a Saudi Deal

Freed hostages thank Trump in the Oval Office. Credit: The White House

The rumors are flying before President Trump even boards Air Force One for Saudi Arabia: Many think he’s sure to give up on a once-in-a-generation opportunity that rests in his hands. The doubters say he won’t try for a...

Audrey N. Glickman

May 12, 2025, 6:56 AM

2,000 Years Ago, Redux

2,000 Years Ago, Redux, artwork by Audrey N. Glickman. Used with permission.

Fellow Jews, we seem to be repeating the history of 2,000 years ago. The musical Jesus Christ Superstar takes place back then, a story about a bunch of Jews. I’ve produced the show, and I find it very Jewish, especially...

Giovanni Giacalone

May 12, 2025, 6:51 AM

Trump is throwing Israel under the bus. Will Netanyahu allow it?

The direct negotiation between the Trump administration and Hamas is one of the lowest, most disloyal, and unethical moves that a so-called “ally” could ever conduct. According to the latest news, American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander could be released in...

May 12, 2025, 6:48 AM

Ahab and Jezebel Revisited: The Netanyahu Parallel

In the Hebrew Bible, the story of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel is more than a cautionary tale. It is a piercing examination of how power, when unchecked by conscience, can rot the moral foundation of a nation. Today,...

Sheldon Kirshner

May 11, 2025, 4:27 PM

Israel’s Complex Relationship With Qatar

Israel's already complex relationship with Qatar has grown more complicated. Qatar, one of three Arab states U.S. President Donald Trump is due to visit next week on his second trip abroad since his inauguration in January, has in recent days...

May 11, 2025, 8:33 AM

When Human Rights Are Used to Harm Israel: Selective Outrage in The Hague

In early May, Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp — formerly ambassador to Israel — sent a letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urging a formal review of Israel’s conduct in Gaza. In it, he accused Israel of...

May 10, 2025, 10:30 PM

You can keep your Masada complex

Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia

In modern times, we don’t need a siege. Stiff tariffs will do. The world governments, rather than encircling the country, have cut us off. We find we are not, as we were led to believe, key to a deal...

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