Dov Lipman / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Dov Lipman / JNS.org
Obama’s Revisionist ‘Promised Land’
JNS.org - I have never criticized former US president Barack Obama publicly — neither during my time in the Knesset nor anywhere else — despite...
New Unity Government Pledges to Continue Corona Response, Apply Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria
JNS.org - After more than 500 days of political instability and three consecutive national elections, Israel’s 35th government was officially sworn in. The installation of a...
Will the Israeli Supreme Court Doom Netanyahu-Gantz Unity Government?
JNS.org - Israel’s Supreme Court has finished two days of hearings concerning the recent unity agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and...
Ins and Outs of Israel’s Unprecedented National Emergency Unity Government
JNS.org - Israel’s 15-month political stalemate, which led to three election cycles within the course of a year, has come to a close with the...
Differences on Key Issues Threaten to Bog Down Netanyahu-Gantz Unity Talks
JNS.org - While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and challenger Benny Gantz have agreed to work towards the formation of an emergency unity government to...
Whirlwind Week Ends With Unity Government in Israel, Netanyahu Remaining at the Helm
JNS.org - After nearly a year of political paralysis, Israel is finally on its way towards a national unity government as the nation battles against...
Edelstein’s Sudden Resignation as Knesset Speaker Leaves Country’s Political Future Uncertain
JNS.org - Israel’s political chaos took another surprise twist on Wednesday when Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein suddenly resigned. The snap decision by Edelstein...
Unity Talks Continue Despite Knesset Shutdown, COVID-19 Crisis
JNS.org - With Israel’s Knesset shut down and amid an ongoing national health crisis, negotiations towards a unity government are quietly continuing. Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein,...
Lawmakers Propose Bills Designed to Oust Netanyahu
JNS.org - The COVID-19 pandemic cast a pall over the swearing in of Israel’s 23rd Knesset on Monday, with the Knesset’s 120 lawmakers being sworn...
Amid Political Deadlock, Will Gantz and Lieberman Form Minority Government With Israeli-Arab Support?
JNS.org - With no clear path towards a government coalition for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the third round of elections on March 2,...
Does Push to Bar an Indicted Netanyahu From Leading Next Government Violate Democratic Norms?
JNS.org - Israel’s fractured political system is possibly entering uncharted territory in the next few weeks. The results of Monday’s third round of general elections...
Israelis Have Spoken and Prefer Netanyahu, Though Hurdles Remain on Way to Government
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared “a giant victory” on Monday night for the Likud Party and the Israeli right-wing. With 92 percent...
For Third Time in Row, Netanyahu and Gantz Race Towards an Inconclusive Finish Line
JNS.org - Israel has entered the home stretch of its third election within a year, and with polls showing some possible shifts in public opinion,...
Israeli Government Approves Immigration of 400 Ethiopian Falash Mura
JNS.org - The Israeli government’s recent approval of a plan to allow nearly 400 Ethiopian Jews from the Falash Mura sect to immigrate to Israel...
