“It’s totally unlike the elites that we aim to supplant, who claim to know what the masses need but in fact are more interested in maintaining and expanding their own power. We would never do that, unlike every other supposedly-Communist ...
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A minority of analysts raised the possibility that wider Arab normalization with Israel has affected Palestinian attitudes. Ramallah, April 27 – A survey of public opinion in the Gaza Strip and West Bank shows a marked rise in the popularity of viewing ...
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“I was under the impression that we career officers-cum-politicians naturally know better than hoi polloi, who probably don’t even know the difference between Mercedes and BMW.” Tel Aviv, April 14 – Leaders of the country’s most progressive parties came to ...
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A microcosm of this country’s political decision-making, delaying the intimidating reckoning each time it rears its head, only to ensure an even bigger problem next time. Ben-Gurion Airport, April 6 – A Boeing 767-300ER intended to serve as the prime minister’s ...
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“Everyone wants to be Yisrael Beiteinu.” Ben-Gurion Airport, March 28 – Jews fleeing the destruction and fighting in their erstwhile country of residence after a Russian invasion will find their interests inadequately represented in the current mix of factions hoping ...
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“We cannot focus on the words of ancient great men such as Rabbi Yitzhak the Blacksmith, Rabbi Yohanan the Shoemaker, or Rabbi Elazar the Pitch-Maker, if we must devote our days to earning a living.” Jerusalem, March 17 – Legislators representing the Haredi sector of the ...
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“Bibi was horrible, don’t get me wrong, but this… this is differently horrible.” Jerusalem, March 8 – Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, his cabinet ministers, and fellow Coalition members have evidently decided to demonstrate to the Israeli public that ousting the ...
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“They’re inflicting more damage on the occupiers than we ever have, certainly in so short a time! Something doesn’t add up.” Gaza City, February 27 – Activists, militants, and residents of this beleaguered coastal territory voiced puzzlement this week at ...
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Despite mainstream media that cheerlead Bennett’s government simply because he isn’t Netanyahu. Lod, February 16 – A historically unpopular prime minister, a paucity of fulfilled campaign promises, critical compromises that betrayed a core electoral constituency, incompetence in handling the ongoing ...
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“Right now they’re horrible policies, though, I can tell you that.” Jerusalem, February 7 – Leaders of the largest Knesset faction currently outside of the governing coalition expressed confidence today that it will sweep back into a controlling position, at ...
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