Posts Tagged: netanyahu
Gantz Was Right to Embrace Netanyahu
After a four year hiatus, I returned to the Prime Minister's Office as Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff in early 2014. While much had changed,...
Will a Rotation Government Turn to National Priorities?
After covering three consecutive Israeli election cycles, and despite the announcement of a rotation government between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival Benny...
Calling for a Unity Government in Israel
We are experiencing a global nightmare that could result in many deaths. No one could have anticipated the extent of the coronavirus impact. The tragic...
We Should Not Make Any Deals With Enemies of Israel
Over the past few days, my telephone has been ringing off the hook. My father was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist and many of my...
Purim, AIPAC, Bernie, Biden, and Bibi
JNS.org - It was one of those weeks where every day brought another great idea for a column. First, I attended an insightful lecture by...
Polls, Gaza, Netanyahu, and Gantz
JNS.org - During live coverage of the bombardment of southern Israel by Islamic Jihad rocket fire on Monday, a Red Alert siren sent a TV...
Why Israel’s Electoral Stalemate Isn’t a Disaster
JNS.org - Think Israelis are excited by the prospect of going to the polls for the third time in a year to elect a new...
Winds of Mideast Change Worth Remembering at the Ballot Box
JNS.org - The significance of two events that have been upstaged this week by the Hebrew media’s incessant coronavirus coverage cannot be overemphasized -- particularly...
Political Logjam Has Halted the Israeli Military in Its Tracks
JNS.org - In about one month’s time, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi stands to mark his first anniversary as chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)....
Netanyahu Needs to Reinvent Himself
JNS.org - The road to Israel’s 2020 general election runs through the Likud Party primaries. An Israel Hayom poll released on Friday that predicted Israeli...
A Third Election Is a Catastrophe for Israel
Why don't the citizens of Israel wake up? Just one month ago, Israel was paralyzed following the airstrike targeting Islamic Jihad terror chief Baha Abu...
Legalizing Politics and Politicizing the Law
JNS.org - One of the modern era’s most dangerous problems is the conflation of politics with law. Political questions are increasingly treated as legal ones,...
Security Tasks Awaiting the Next Israeli Prime Minister
Whichever Israeli government ends up coming to power will be faced with a set of urgent security challenges that are coming from a range of...
Netanyahu and Gantz Need to Learn the Hebrew Word ‘Mamlachtiut’
Israelis are a cynical bunch, yet they have a specific term for putting one’s own interests aside for the greater good -- a fact that...
