Posts Tagged: Israeli politicians
Once Again, Political Battles Prove Too Tough for Israeli Generals
JNS.org - It seems that in modern-day Israel, no former general can make a successful transition into politics. When one reads about the latest failures...
The Case Against Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to call for an early election, scheduled to take place on April 9, was nothing short of another political...
Sharansky Warns Against Post-Pittsburgh Aliyah Push
Israeli politicians tempted to try to capitalize on the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre by urging American Jews to immigrate to the security of Israel should hold...
Israeli Politicians Warmly Welcome Jonathan Pollard’s Impending Release
JNS.org - Israeli politicians warmly welcomed the news that Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy imprisoned in the U.S. for nearly 30 years, is due to be...
Unity is the Only Solution to Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
While Israeli politicians are zigzagging between a unity government and mutual smearing, and while tycoons are scrambling to exploit the offshore gas troves, the rest...
Israeli Knesset Officially Disperses Ahead of March Elections
JNS.org - On Monday night, the curtain closed on one of the shortest Knesset terms in Israel's history. After only 20 months, members of...
Hebrew U. Refuses to Remove Anti-Israel Professor From Advisory Role
JNS.org - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has refused to remove Professor William Schabas from the advisory board of a law faculty publication despite...
What American Generals Knew About Peace
By all indications, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, propelled by the ubiquitous John Kerry, are wending their weary way nowhere. Their most recent kerfluffle concerned the...
Jerusalem’s Mayor is Israel’s Richest Politician
JNS.org - Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat topped a list published by Forbes of Israel's richest politicians, with a net worth of NIS 450 million, or...
Reinforcing Relations Between Israel & European Jewry
Last week, The Israeli-Jewish Congress (IJC) hosted a special gathering of European Jewish leaders in the Knesset, under the auspices of Speaker of the Knesset, Mr. Yuli...
Israeli Left Clueless and Unready As Elections Loom
Prime Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will hold early elections in February, but the Israeli Left is so unprepared that some of its leaders are pinning...
On Iran, Israelis Have United Behind Netanyahu
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's skilled oratory last week at the UN (click here to watch the speech), climaxed his highly successful global campaign to convince the...
Chicken Little, Israeli Edition
If there's something which is guaranteed to drive an observer of Israel mad nowadays, it is an irreconcilable dissonance between the timid response of the...
Gilad Shalit, Five Years
Almost five years ago, on June 25th 2006, terrorists affiliated with Hamas invaded Israel through an underground tunnel, killed two Israeli soldiers and made away...