Jewish nationalism lost in the election, Jewish humanism won
Jewish nationalism, in its belligerence and paranoia, is watching the world pass it by – and the overwhelming majority of Jews in America, Israel and elsewhere do not want that to happen to them. The...
View ArticleThe Likud presents: The craziest, most radical list ever expected to win...
Knesset members behind attacks on the left, Arabs and asylum seekers won the day at the Likud primaries. All moderates but one were pushed down the list, and probably won’t serve in the next Knesset....
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Livni’s comeback could be the last chance to topple Netanyahu
It’s an extreme long shot. Probably impossible. But Tzipi Livni’s comeback may be the only way left to change the balance between the blocs, especially if she and Labor’s Shelly Yachimovich distance...
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Israeli elections round-up: Image of the next Netanyahu government emerges
Recent attempts to form an ‘anti-Bibi’ bloc among the centrist parties may very well drive right-wing voters back to the prime minister’s hands. Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party,...
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The post-Netanyahu era starts tomorrow
Bibi will be the lamest of ducks in his next and last term as PM. Hold the applause, though – what’s rising up to take his place is worse. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (photo: Yotam Ronen /...
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Israeli elections: Netanyahu scrapes by despite major blow in polls
With almost all the votes counted, it is clear that support for the prime minister’s party has collapsed, journalist Yair Lapid has led his new centrist party to second place and Meretz has doubled its...
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The ethnic vote and the ‘white coalition’: 7 takeaways from Israel’s elections
Netanyahu is most likely to form his next government around the religious and the secular middle class, represented by election victors Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid. The coalition will concentrate on...
View ArticleFinal elections results posted; settler party rises to 12 seats
The counting of the votes has ended, and we now have the official results for the 2013 Knesset elections. In the last 24 hours Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home party has won one more seat at the expense...
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The one good thing the next government could accomplish
If Yair Lapid’s party takes over the Education Ministry, it could bring an end to the Greater-Israelization of the country’s schools and universities. Yair Lapid with “Yesh Atid” activists (photo:...
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What will the third Netanyahu government look like, and how will it deal with...
Netanyahu would like to include some centrist elements in his government in order to present a more moderate face to the world. However, any meaningful effort to end the occupation is not very likely....
View ArticleLikud MK: Settlement construction is good for peace with Palestinians
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ofir Akunis took Netanyahu’s position that settlement construction is not an impediment to a negotiated solution with the Palestinians to a whole new...
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One by one, Israel’s coalition members abandon two-state rhetoric
More and more, members of Israel’s ruling parties are matching their public statements to the reality they are implementing every minute on the ground: Israel’s opposition to the establishment of a...
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Who deleted Gaza?
Israeli policy conveys that there is no Palestine, only two chunks of land divided by people, politics and culture. Some international actors and many Israelis are convinced. Are Palestinians?...
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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox: Unorthodox partners for peace?
History has shown that the longer the ultra-Orthodox are excluded from the Israeli coalition, the more likely are the chances that they forge alliances with left-of-centre and dovish partners. Could...
View ArticleJews, Arabs work to resist racist municipal election campaign
In the face of a nationalistic mayoral campaign by the local Likud chapter, a group of Jews and Arabs in Karmiel choose to focus on eliminating gaps, building public housing and creating a city where...
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies at 85
Israel’s former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who spent the last eight years comatose after a series of strokes, died on Saturday, January 11. He was 85 years old. Former Israeli prime minister Ariel...
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Lame duck, not nuclear duck: Netanyahu’s staggering defeat
The slow crumbling of Netanyahu’s political prestige reached its nadir on Tuesday, when his own heir apparent Gideon Sa’ar turned against him to elevate arch-rival Reuven Rivlin to presidency. Reuven...
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On Gaza, differences between Labor and Likud are superficial
When it comes to Israeli policies, Labor likes to paint itself as the complete opposite of Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party. That is, unless we’re talking about Gaza. By Aaron Magid In the wake...
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Likud is no longer the largest party in the Knesset
Netanyahu now has the same number of seats as his main coalition partner, Yair Lapid. This leaves him at the mercy of his arch-rival, President Reuven Rivlin, if the coalition would need to be...
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New law would demote Arabic language in the name of ‘social cohesion’
Members of Knesset say law builds a ‘collective identity’ that will preserve the ‘values of democracy.’ By Orly Noy A group of MKs from Yisrael Beiteinu, Likud and Jewish Home recently submitted a bill...
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