Winston Churchill wrote that there was never a war that could have so easily been avoided as World War II. Almost the precise opposite must be said about the coming war with Iran over its nuclear weapons: there have been…

This article presupposes some familiarity with some themes in my previous article that explained all the parties contending in Tuesday’s Israel elections. Contemplate a ballot with dozens of parties. Here we have Democrats, Republicans, sometimes a Green Party, sometimes Libertarians. Obama’s…

Who’s on first? What’s on second? I-Don’t-Know is on third. In case you have forgotten — or, even better, never knew — the April 2019 Israel national election resulted with Benjamin Netanyahu’s reigning Likud and Benjamin Gantz’s opposition Blue and…

We all knew the indictments were coming against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu, just as we all knew two months ago that next March Israel would be going to its third elections in a year. If Bibi could not…

In case you are puzzled by the Israeli political and electoral system, there is no reason to pronounce yourself some kind of loser. If they ever publish a volume of Israeli Politics for Dummies, it will consist of three words:…

In America we call it “Fake News.” In Israel, in Hebrew, it is called “Fehk Nooz.” The Hebrew translates into English as “Once again, the leftists of the media trying to deceive and convince people that their leftist lies bear…

This week’s Israeli elections proved one thing. Not only is Israel the only democracy in the Middle East, it is also a global democracy on steroids. The election results showed some benefits, but mainly the faults, of a multi-party electoral…

It is said that Jews are so opinionated that two Jews render three opinions. We see from this week’s elections in Israel, timed perfectly for Rosh Hashanah season, that it is not true. For nearly seven million Jews, only 30 (or so) political parties…

In following the Israeli election returns, American observers had to feel as if they were experiencing déjà vu. It was like the night of the 2016 American elections. The Left media all were reporting exit polls that night that a…