PoliticsA Month Out From The Israeli Election Netanyahu Is Closing A Good WeekBaruch PletnerMarch 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Baruch PletnerMarch 8, 2019March 8, 201904675 Netanyahu, undamaged by this week's indictments pulls slightly ahead in the bloc calculus as his challengers are trying to organize their campaign...
OpinionPalestinians Are About To Miss Another Opportunity And Israel Must Let Them Do ItBaruch PletnerMarch 4, 2019March 4, 2019 by Baruch PletnerMarch 4, 2019March 4, 201904352 Trump's Middle East "peace plan" is deadly for Israel because Palestinians have no desire to peacefully live alongside it under any conditions...
NewsNetanyahu Buffeted By An Impending Indictment And An Unfortunate Campaign Video Hurries Back Home From MoscowBaruch PletnerFebruary 27, 2019February 27, 2019 by Baruch PletnerFebruary 27, 2019February 27, 201904752 Under pressure from Iran, AG Mandelblit, and the errors committed by his own campaign team, Netanyahu shortens his Moscow visit...
PoliticsFirst Poll After The Consolidation Of The Left In Israel Predicts The Downfall Of The Right. Or Does It?Baruch PletnerFebruary 22, 2019February 22, 2019 by Baruch PletnerFebruary 22, 2019February 22, 201905098 The big unification of the Israeli left does not cure its fundamental flaw: reliance on Arab votes...
PoliticsAs Consolidation Continues, A Left-Wing Arab-Supported Government In Israel Is Now A Likely RealityBaruch PletnerFebruary 21, 2019February 22, 2019 by Baruch PletnerFebruary 21, 2019February 22, 201908259 With hours to spare, Benny Gantz managed to consolidate enough of the left to give himself a real shot at becoming prime minister of Israel...
PoliticsWith Just Over 40 Days Until The Israeli Elections Netanyahu’s Challenger Gantz Is Punching Below The BeltBaruch PletnerFebruary 20, 2019February 22, 2019 by Baruch PletnerFebruary 20, 2019February 22, 201909119 Netanyahu cancels trip to Moscow, stays in Israel to hammer out a unified bloc before tomorrow's moratorium on party list changes...
PoliticsIsraeli Election – A View From AfulaRonit LeviFebruary 14, 2019February 22, 2019 by Ronit LeviFebruary 14, 2019February 22, 201908378 The upcoming Israeli election is shaping up to be the most critical since the Oslo accords days of the early 1990's...
PoliticsWith A Bit Of New Makeup Israeli Politics Is Reverting To Its Old Two-Block SelfBaruch PletnerJanuary 30, 2019January 31, 2019 by Baruch PletnerJanuary 30, 2019January 31, 201904099 Consolidation of the Israeli left under a trio of military leaders may yet prove challenging to the right-wing block under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu...
PoliticsOne Day, Perhaps When The Messiah Comes, Israel Will Be Governed From The CenterBaruch PletnerJanuary 29, 2019January 31, 2019 by Baruch PletnerJanuary 29, 2019January 31, 201903724 The new Israeli Resilience party led by ex-Chief of Staff Benny Gantz offers the same tired rhetoric and no new ideas...
NewsLikud Is Rising In The Polls Just As The Possibility Of Netanyahu’s Indictment Prior To The Election LoomsBaruch PletnerJanuary 17, 2019January 17, 2019 by Baruch PletnerJanuary 17, 2019January 17, 201903085 Likud is poised to win big in the upcoming Israeli elections and Netanyahu to remain prime minister, but indictment clouds are rapidly gathering....