AnalysisCourage Or Stupidity? A New Election Clip By Israel’s New Right Party Is Stirring Up Quite A StormBaruch PletnerMarch 19, 2019March 19, 2019 by Baruch PletnerMarch 19, 2019March 19, 201905372 Israeli minister of justice and co-leader of the "New Right" party Ayelet Shaked holds a mirror to progressive hypocrisy...
NewsNew Construction Starts Approved For Judea And SamariaBaruch PletnerMarch 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by Baruch PletnerMarch 12, 2019March 12, 201915791 Israeli government approves the pre-construction marketing to the public of 1000 housing units in East Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria...
PoliticsSupermodels Of The World Unite! Wonder Woman Comes Out In Support Of Model Rotem LeviBaruch PletnerMarch 11, 2019March 11, 2019 by Baruch PletnerMarch 11, 2019March 11, 201905891 Recent comments by Israeli celebs that paint Likud voters as racist and bigoted likely to backfire...
PoliticsA Month Out From The Israeli Election Netanyahu Is Closing A Good WeekBaruch PletnerMarch 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Baruch PletnerMarch 8, 2019March 8, 201904717 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, 201904372 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, 201904787 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, 201905150 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, 201908310 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, 201909174 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, 201908396 The upcoming Israeli election is shaping up to be the most critical since the Oslo accords days of the early 1990's...