Defense Minister Ya’alon has been putting down Kerry in briefings to...
The media fallout from the Ya’alon story in Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that for some weeks now the defense minister has been conducting private briefings to journalists, diplomats and...
View ArticleThe writing on the wall: Boycott is top story in Israel’s No. 1 paper
Following Channel 2 News’ remarkable Saturday night prime-time feature on the boycott of Israel, ‘Yedioth Ahronoth’ delivers same warning in big, bold letters on Monday’s front page. Front page of...
View ArticleFor the sake of peace, it is time to put an end to negotiations
After 20 years of a failed and fictitious peace process, there is no more room for ‘processes’ that serve as substitutes for peace. There is nothing left to clarify between the two sides. The only...
View ArticleIranian nuclear talks: Not what Israel wants you to believe
How are the Iranian nuclear talks really going? The answer is: very well, thanks for asking. By Shemuel Meir Contrary to what some in Israel would have you believe, the Iranian nuclear talks are not...
View ArticleA new settlement is born in Hebron
As peace talks teeter, three families move into what will be the first new settlement in Hebron since the 1980s – with the full support and blessing of the army. Jewish settler families move into the...
View ArticleMemorial Day: An open letter to Israel’s defense minister from a bereaved...
Every year, the defense minister sends a letter to bereaved families, reminding them that the death of their loved ones did not happen in vain. Today, as Israel marks Memorial Day, the brother of Tamar...
View ArticleThis is what a military operation in Hebron looks like
In its invasion of the city, the army has not shied away from using live fire, blowing up the doors of homes and shops and maintaining a closure on thousands of people. The goal? Demonstrating its...
View ArticleKidnappings leave a wake of ‘revenge,’ racist violence
Jewish motorists are pulled from their vehicles; Liberman exploits nationalist tensions; victim of East Jerusalem police beating is an American teenager; settlers make new land grab, set up new West...
View ArticleIn ceasefire talks, Netanyahu is letting Hamas win Gaza war
The great mystery is: Why? In the Cairo ceasefire talks, Netanyahu is snatching diplomatic defeat from the jaws of military victory. I have no explanation for why he’s doing this and I have yet to hear...
View ArticleRefusal by elite IDF reservists angrily dismissed as ‘political’
Following the public refusal of 43 reservists of the IDF’s 8200 intelligence unit, politicians and other veterans of the unit have openly denounced the reservists, viewing their refusal as an...
View ArticleDefense Minister Ya’alon: I am not looking for a solution, I am looking for a...
Moshe Ya’alon is telling it like it is: What you see now in the West Bank and Gaza is Israel’s solution. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon looks over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shoulder at a...
View ArticleNo one left for Bibi to blame – except, of course, Abbas
Israel is in a crisis – the heaviest Palestinian street violence in a decade, the threat of a full-blown third intifada – and here’s how Netanyahu is managing it: by seizing on the last available...
View ArticleDay of catastrophe for ‘Pallywood’ conspiracy theorists
Naming and shaming. Following Wednesday’s arrest of a Border Policeman on suspicion of murdering a Palestinian teenager in a May 15 Nakba Day protest, here is a partial list of Israeli and pro-Israel...
View ArticleIsrael’s UN ambassador puts another nail in the two-state coffin
‘Imagine the type of state [Palestinian] society would produce. Does the Middle East really need another terror-ocracy?’ Prosor said in a speech on Monday. In recent years Israeli government officials...
View ArticleRetired Israeli general suggests Syria attack timed for election effect
As elections approach, Israeli politicians are misleading the public about war crimes probes, and according to one general-turned-politician, about war itself. (This analysis originally contained a...
View ArticleIs the ICC running against Netanyahu in Israeli elections?
It’s election season: Israeli politicians are peddling pure spin about the ICC and possible war crimes investigations. (This analysis first appeared as part of another article, here.) Defense Minister...
View ArticleNetanyahu resurrects ‘no partner’ excuse for Iran deal
The Israeli government is pulling out all of its usual tricks. It is clear from Netanyahu’s demands that a nuclear deal include recognition of Israel’s right to exist and that it address Tehran’s...
View ArticleSegregation in Israel does not begin or end on buses
Whether or not the plan is scrapped, the fact is that Israel is a country where senior ministers propose and implement segregation — and keep their jobs. Palestinian workers board a new segregated bus...
View ArticleAdministrative detention being used to push controversial ‘terror law’
A new bill that paves the way for putting Israeli citizens in administrative detention could one day affect activists, human rights workers, and Palestinian citizens of Israel. By Sawsan Khalife’ A...
View ArticleYa’alon casts doubt that Dawabsha family will see justice
Israel’s defense minister says he knows who is responsible for burning an entire family alive, but that charging them in court isn’t the state’s top priority. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Photo by...
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