Netanyahu is facing his first tough election in years
Wednesday’s announcement by minister Ze’ev Elkin that he is leaving the government, his party and the Knesset in order to join Gideon Sa’ar in his new political venture aimed at unseating More...
To hell with public trust and personal example
Forget pink slips or a public reprimand, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not even capable of condemning his own minister’s dubious actions. As far as Netanyahu is concerned, everything is either a More...
PM Netanyahu self-isolates after aide tests positive for coronavirus
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle are placing themselves in self-isolation pending epidemiological results after one of his advisers tested positive for the coronavirus, the Prime Minister’s More...
Corruption scandal: Netanyahu asks for parliamentary immunity
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he will seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution in the three graft cases against him, mere hours before the deadline to file parliamentary immunity More...
Annexation, corruption and the new coalition
The rightful debate about the immunity law that would protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from a corruption indictment has steered public attention away from the issue of partial or full annexation of More...
It’s Israel that’s in danger, not Netanyahu
One hero stood out at the torch lighting event during Independence Day. Marie Nachmias, the righteous woman who was chosen to light one of the 12 torches, wasn’t daunted by the Nation-State Law and spoke More...
Submarines Scandal: Investigation was launched in Germany, Report
Submarines Scandal: According to a report published Monday in the leading German business newspaper Handelsblatt, the prosecutor in the city of Bochum has initiated a preliminary investigation into the billion More...
Netanyahu should resign for the good of the country
For years I have defended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He is not a monster. He is one of the most important statesmen to ever enter Israeli politics, and under his leadership, the past decade has been More...
Why do Israelis prefer generals as politicians?
They were born eight years apart. One of them was born to traditional Jewish parents who immigrated to Israel from the ruins of post-war Europe, while the other also came from a traditional home, with parents More...
Opposition lampoons Netanyahu for campaign against pre-indictment hearing
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign to dissuade Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit from holding a pre-election hearing ahead of possible corruption charges is drawing scathing criticism and some More...