The Farce of the Citizenship Law and the Real Dangers Behind it
On Monday, the Knesset voted not to extend the Citizenship Law (Citizen and Entry into Israel Law). Not because the legislators had come to the conclusion that the law is racist and discriminatory. Knesset members apparently find cheap political games and ego more important than the Security of the State. (It doesn’t appear the law, […]
Thou Shalt Not Steal. A New Interpretation
This weekend, blatant illegal action by a group of more than 50 families came to an end. But it did not end in a way illegal action is mostly stopped. In this case, the perpetrators negotiated with the Israeli government and reached an agreement whereby they would stop their illegal activity, while the government will […]
Corona: One More Time
In the past week Israel was roughly awakened from its post-Corona euphoria and new cases are rapidly spreading through the country, with youngsters being affected more, mostly because they are not (yet) vaccinated.For a couple of weeks, it appeared that Israel was putting the pandemic behind it and return to a “normal” life. Normal meaning, […]
Yair Lapid, A Unique Politician in Israel
The new Israeli government is slowly getting down to business and even though many do not rate their chances for survival very high, a new era in Israeli politics has begun and it definitely is a reason for cautious optimism. It is not the first time that a wide-ranging coalition was formed in Israel but […]
Where is Israel Heading?
So, the Flag Parade in Jerusalem did take place yesterday. The new government did not see a reason to prevent this event from happening, never mind the possible consequences. Or maybe they didn’t want to prevent it from taking place, or didn’t dare. For now, the results are a couple of hundred dunams of burned […]
A Fascist Racist March: Nationalism or Politics?
In the past couple of days, the postponed “Flag Parade” in East Jerusalem has been a hot topic of discussion in government and police circles. The organizers, who each year on Jerusalem Day bring thousands of people to march through Arab neighborhoods in the Eastern part of the city, have decided that the march should […]
“Creating a Breach in the Walls of Judaism”
If there are no last-minute foul ups, it appears that Israel will be having a new government next week. It will seemingly only depend on Naftali Bennett being able to keep his faction members in line and prevent them from crossing the line to the Netanyahu camp. This government will mean major changes in the […]
Bennett: Opportunism raised to a new Level
The roller-coaster that has been the attempt to form an alternative government to the disaster Israel has had to deal with for the past couple of months, appears to reach a positive climax and Lapid and his “friend” Naftali Bennett declare that they are close to inform the President that they have been able to […]
Hamas is a Political Tool in the Hands of Netanyahu
The Israeli left-wing newspaper Haaretz, caused a stir and a lot of anger when it published on its front page, pictures of 67 children who were killed during the Israeli bombardments of the Gaza strip in the latest round of hostilities that ended a week ago. A valid point that was raised by critics of […]
Israel and Hamas: A Different View
For eleven days now, the war between Israel and Hamas (in the Gaza strip) is raging and both sides claim they have had considerable success in hurting the other side. Simple fact is that in Israel, many thousands of citizens have lived under the constant fear of rockets that are flying all over (including Tel […]
