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Avidan Freedman

Apr 21, 2025, 10:59 AM

We Need Elections and We Need Them Now

We need elections and we need them now. Giving the people the opportunity to let their vote determine the answer to the critical questions that are tearing us apart is the only fair solution with a chance to bring...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Apr 15, 2025, 8:36 AM

Liberman was right!

I hate to admit it, but honor where honor is due People who always hated Netanyahu love to blame him now for decades of appeasing Chamas, but the truth is that was the Israeli consensus. 'Any ceasefire, no matter how...

Apr 1, 2025, 8:38 PM

Hamas Laughs as Israel Divides—Unite Now!

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In December 2022, Benjamin Netanyahu was elected as Prime Minister in a democratic election. The people of Israel had spoken. Yet, in January 2023, mass protests began—every Saturday evening, without fail. Even if, just two hours prior, a terror...

Mar 30, 2025, 6:45 PM

Would he? Could he? How Netanyahu might delay Israel’s next election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara casts their votes at a voting station in Jerusalem on September 17, 2019. (Heidi Levine/AFP)

Israeli democracy is on borrowed time. After years of incremental erosion, the democratic backslide is no longer theoretical. It is happening. And if we do not confront this moment with the seriousness it demands, we may soon find ourselves...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Mar 12, 2025, 9:35 PM

Bibi will not stand in the next election

All the polls are worthless I've often written that political opinion polls in Israel are all worthless. Their predictions are always wrong. Their small sample size makes the margin of error so large that they lose all meaning. And none...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Feb 14, 2025, 2:23 PM

Ignoring the Future: Bibi, Trump, and the Rest of Us

Our world is suffering from a paradoxical illness: “Future Amnesia” – the inability or unwillingness to think (and plan) for the what’s coming up the pike, especially mid-to-long-term. First, I’ll provide two recent, important examples from Israeli and American...

Feb 13, 2025, 5:14 PM

Breaking the Chains of Legacy Zionism

The upcoming World Zionist Congress (WZC) election, scheduled from March 10 to May 5, 2025, is a pivotal moment for the global Jewish community. As highlighted in a recent article, this election will determine the allocation of over $1...

Feb 4, 2025, 5:17 PM

Netanyahu’s Checkmate in 5 Moves

US president Donald Trump (left) welcomes visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2019. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Benjamin Netanyahu is aiming for elections. His inner circle is pushing for this, understanding that his current political standing is at its best after the victory over Hezbollah, the fall of Assad (both results of a brilliantly executed...

Jan 4, 2025, 1:07 AM

Israel Goes to Elections

The stunt Itamar Ben-Gvir tried to pull on Netanyahu this week suggests he's going to be hit by retaliation from Netanyahu and his coalition partners. But Itamar Ben-Gvir has nothing to worry about. He has a solid base, primarily of...

Gregory Lyakhov

Nov 25, 2024, 7:10 AM

Israel-Gaza Conflict: Debunking Genocide Claims

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Examining the Israel-Gaza conflict, debunking genocide claims with facts, and highlighting Hamas's tactics that exacerbate civilian suffering under international law scrutiny. The ongoing conflict in Gaza has ignited heated global debates, with accusations of genocide against Israel dominating headlines and...

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