Political foes of Israel’s old/new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seem to be borrowing a page from the American left’s playbook. They’ve mounted a worldwide campaign to portray him as a threat to democracy. Much as the threat and then the…
Like a dog returning to its own vomit, the supercilious elites of our so-called international community maintain a rather curious fixation. Like clockwork, these elites always find a way of singling out for opprobrium one tiny nation-state that is no…
Unarguably, the war in Ukraine is the result of the machinations of Vladimir Putin, who has been the clear leader of Russia for nearly 23 years. Yet, as one who had a rather unique (for an American) association with Putin…
It turns out that, sometimes, the fifth time is a charm. With the final ballots now counted in Israel’s fifth national election in four years, the results are officially in: Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, already the longest-serving prime minister in the…
Over the past three years, Israel has had more elections for its head of government than any other country. It’s democracy on steroids. A country of just over seven million Jews (74 percent of the total), two million Arabs (21…
There often is an eerie similarity between the politics of America and Israel. That is because: 1. Both countries are model Western democracies. 2. In both countries, the voters trend towards traditional values but compromise, accepting what they are offered….
Last week, while interviewing former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour predictably called out Israel for failing to “read Putin the riot act.” Amanpour proceeded to ask Cohen why Israel did…
Last Thursday, Israel’s government extended its travel ban on all foreigners entering the country over fears surrounding the Omicron coronavirus variant. This ruling, which expires on December 22, follows months of Israel mandating some of the most stringent global travel…
This Sunday night, Jews from all over the world started celebrating Hanukkah. The Jews struggled to achieve political sovereignty from the Seleucid Greeks in Judea and Samaria from 168 to 142 BCE, when the story of Hanukkah takes place, and also…
