It was refreshing to see the prime minister and defense minister describe a diplomatic agreement that includes an Israeli withdrawal from two areas in Lebanon as a tremendous achievement. Netanyahu was and remains a master of political marketing: he makes a 180-degree change in policy and presents it as a victory. He has no reasonable… Read More: There Is a Deal. But Is It Wise to Stay… »

Gadi Eisenkot was one of the very few people who knew about Gideon Sa’ar’s decision in December 2020 to leave Likud and run in an independent party. Sa’ar courted him intensely and offered him the number-two spot. Eisenkot passed on the opportunity and watched from the sidelines as it ended with six seats.   It… Read More: We deserve Eisenkot. The complete opposite of Netanyahu. »

The most amusing story in Benny Gantz’s new book, We, concerns his meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the COVID-19 pandemic. Netanyahu was hysterical, Gantz claims. You couldn’t hand him a document; you had to put it down on the table, and Netanyahu would pick it up by the edge of the page. Once,… Read More: The two candidates from the anti-Netanyahu camp for prime minister… »

It turns out that Israel was not the only place where, on October 7, there was a dilemma over whether to wake the person in charge. Hezbollah, too, apparently debated whether to wake Hassan Nasrallah at 6:30 in the morning. This adds another piece of evidence to the theory that Nasrallah was caught off guard… Read More: Only the heads of Israel’s security establishment can prevent us… »

Until recently, I supported the idea of creating a joint list for the Arab parties. I assumed that it would reduce the number of seats held by the other parties, hurt both blocs equally, and that if the list increased voter turnout and produced 16, perhaps even 17 seats for Arab society, it would be… Read More: Not for a joint Arab list, because 17 seats from… »