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“I have already instructed the police and other agencies under my aegis to provide me with a picture of the available technological capabilities.” Jerusalem, January 19 – A far-right element within Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition announced today that ...

Israeli democracy, despite having been killed repeatedly since 1977, itself constitutes a wonder, but not on the same scale as the eternally-underage, immortal Shukri. Jenin, January 11 – Media reports and commentary noted this week the growing number of times ...

The planet and most of its inhabitants and social phenomena appeared unmoved by the frequent resort to such locutions as “hardline,” “far-right,” “nationalist,” “warmonger,” and “war criminal.” Jerusalem, January 2 – Dire predictions notwithstanding, the Earth continued this week to orbit ...

They acknowledged the remote nature of such a development in their lifetimes. Tel Aviv, December 22 – A new study confirms a longstanding understanding that prevails regardless of an individual’s progressive or conservative leanings, showing that the vast majority of ...

“Three Shira Bankis a year is, we believe, a reasonable price to demand in exchange for the parade happening as planned.” Jerusalem, December 13 – A legislator from the far-right fringe of Israel’s politics who has made a staple of his ...

“Giving out sweets doesn’t distinguish us from the myriad other factions doing it, doesn’t mark us as appealing to the right voter.” Nazareth, December 1 – Recriminations and harsh verbiage continued this week in the aftermath of a dramatic national ...

They also indulge in overwrought language that he loves, to the point that no one heeds them anymore when a bona fide candidate for those descriptions in fact emerges. Jerusalem, November 23 – A lad whose propensity for provoking others into ...

“A leopard can’t change his spots,” insisted Zehava Gal-On. Jerusalem, November 14 – The evolution of a far-right figure who, among other beyond-the-pale rhetoric, once expressed admiration for a man who massacred dozens of Palestinians at prayer, into an influential kingmaker who ...

“It’s unrealistic to expect total elimination of people who have a sense of purpose, even when it comes to something as useless as voting.” Jerusalem, November 1 – Surveys of people emerging from polling places this Election Day in Israel ...

Only by taking completely futile measures that no one of any consequence will even notice, let alone respect, can I hope to convey my frustration and disappointment to them. Jerusalem, October 20 – A voter who finds that none of the ...