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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He also wrongly predicted COVID would decimate the population. Tel Aviv, January 26 – A columnist for Israel’s most prestigious newspaper found himself forced to respond today to doomsday forecasts he made regarding climate change that have failed to pan ...
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Police will exempt from their initial presumption of guilt anyone whose demonstrated political leanings fall to the left of center, with the definition of “center” relegated to the supervising officer’s discretion. Jerusalem, January 18 – Israeli authorities sought to assuage concerns today, ...
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The professor, who touts the scientific method and the integrity of changing one’s view in light of evidence, has given no indication she intends to shift her understanding of reality in light of the robust evidence of Jewish Levantine origins and ...
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