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- Iran: "What initially looked like a one-man show with Israeli assistance now appears to include Israel on stage"
- “So, before Israel gets further lectures on what needs to be done, perhaps we should take stock of what’s transpired — and why”
- EVENT for Congressman Bob Dold; Baehr on Dold and Durbin
- CNN fires Marc Lamont Hill after he calls for a free Palestine "from the river to the sea" i.e. Israel's destruction
- "What 'Kings of Capitol Hill' (and others) get wrong is how AIPAC sticks to its principles even when they're inconvenient for either side of our polarized political scene"
- "A terror attack in the Negev ignites a long simmering issue. Has Israel lost control of the Negev and parts of the Galilee?"
- IDF Widows and Orphans Organization hosts communal bar and mitzvah ceremony under unique circumstances
- “AIPAC only has fig-leaf tours of the heartland, and of the hundreds of speakers at their yearly Policy Conference, there are few representatives from Judea and Samaria, and fewer sessions dealing with the topic of the “settlements.”
Tag Archives: Likud
“There’s a cruel irony to this election: To win, each leader must cannibalize his own camp. But go too far and you hand the election to the other side”
TIMES OF ISRAEL In final push, Netanyahu and Lapid turn on their own camps by Haviv Rettig Gur March 10, 2021 …Two months ago, Netanyahu’s Likud was running an upbeat campaign focused on the vaccination campaign and national unity, a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud, Shas, Yair Lapid
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“The new coalition handcuffs its rival blocks into near paralysis. Perhaps this will usefully restrain Israel’s raging political fevers”
JERUSALEM POST Can Netanyahu, Gantz work together in a straightjacket government? by David M. Weinberg April 24, 2020 The Israeli “emergency” and “unity” government that will supposedly be confirmed by the Knesset sometime in May is the screwiest doohickey ever … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Likud
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“In what Freud might have analyzed as a classic case of the narcissistic wound run amok, the Never Netanyahus fell victim to a kind of collective insanity rooted in their own sense of virtuous entitlement”
TABLET MAG Bibi, King of Israel by Liel Leibovitz March 27, 2020 After 24 hours that would have filled several seasons of a great Netflix political drama, the once and future prime minister of the State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Blue and White, Likud, Yuli Edelstein
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Bibi: “I will leave office on the agreed date; there will be no shticks and tricks. Millions of Israelis are waiting for us”
JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu implores Gantz to join gov’t, vows to rotate as PM without tricks by Gil Hoffman March 22, 2020 Imploring Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party to join the Likud in a national unity government, Prime Minister Benjamin … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Blue and White, Likud
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Political feuding continues: “It is not yet clear how Liberman and Gantz hope to form a government to remove Netanyahu from power”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Liberman said to loathe Netanyahu for anonymous legal attacks on him, his kids by Staff March 7, 2020 Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman has told confidants there is “no chance” he will join a government led by … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Avigdor Liberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Blue and White, Likud
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Netanyahu wins primaries: “He re-learned a valuable lesson about political campaigning”
JERUSALEM POST Primaries reinvigorate Netanyahu and tighten the political knot by Lahav Harkov December 28, 2019 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent evening after evening over the past two weeks in the living rooms of Likud activists packed with supporters hanging … Continue reading
Name another Middle Eastern country with openly gay politicians. Likud no less.
TIMES OF ISRAEL Likud taps its first openly gay MK to replace Shalom by Staff December 21, 2015 As No. 32 on the Likud list of prospective parliamentarians, Amir Ohana, head of the right-wing party’s gay forum, is set to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Amir Ohana, gay, Knesset, LGBT, Likud, Silvan Shalom
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Every vote counts in this crucial election
JERUSALEM POST by Isi Leibler March 12, 2015 Voters should avoid casting their ballot for centrist parties that essentially subcontract their votes to individuals who will employ them primarily for personal ambition. The wretched state of Israeli politics and this … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Bayit Yehudi, Elections, Isi Leibler, Labor, Likud, Meretz
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Netanyahu mulling Jerusalem Post’s Caroline Glick for slot on Likud list
JERUSALEM POST by Gil Hoffman January 24, 2015 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering offering Jerusalem Post Senior Contributing Editor Caroline Glick a slot reserved for a candidate of his choosing on the Likud candidates list, party officials said on … Continue reading
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Tagged Caroline Glick, Gilad Schalit, Jerusalem Post, Likud
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