While saying all the right things about Iran and the American-Israeli bond, not a serious word was wasted on the elephant in the room (and I don’t mean the Republican ghost of Donald Trump): the Palestinian question.
Israel must be seen as a country that is committed to providing solutions to global problems.
Our decision-makers should ask themselves some hard questions regarding the critical issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A limbo, then? Another election? This is a nightmare for Bibi.
Many Israelis now believe that everything Netanyahu is doing is only meant to save him from trial, even at the cost of curbing Israeli democracy.
By pursuing Oslo, by doing what was right and not what was popular, Rabin distinguished himself as a statesman rather than a politician.
Many Israelis now believe that everything Netanyahu is doing is only meant to save him from trial, even at the cost of curbing Israeli democracy.
This path would augment the prospect of Israel to remain a progressive, Jewish and democratic state.
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