Category: Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
Or: Keeping colleagues from shooting themselves in the foot MK Mansour Abbas, head of Ra’am, the first Arab party to ever enter an Israeli coalition government as an equal partner, set out to accomplish...
What is behind the growing pressure on Yamina and the party’s remaining loyal members to get behind calls to bring down the coalition? Who is afraid of Ra’am? Israel is at a crucial juncture...
Bar-Ilan Univerisity tweeted yesterday that, contrary to notification received by students at the end of last month, Israeli flags CAN be put up anywhere on campus, including at the student dormitories. Why was this...
I do not understand what all the jubilation is about. Last night there was a rightwing demonstration in which there was joyful anticipation of the fall of the current coalition government. In fact, that...
During the month of Ramadan and on Land Day, it has become customary in Israel to expect a sudden increase in terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens. There is typically particular attention to the Temple...
The current Russia-Ukraine war is certainly a tragedy of huge proportion. However, there is another tragedy taking place at this moment — in our very own land, a tragedy that has been simmering under...
An administrative detention order is now being used to hold a young Jewish man against whom no evidence has been found to support the allegation that he committed a crime. Honenu, a legal aid...
Who are among the first tourists to come to Israel and take advantage of the door that finally opened after the Corona Pandemic? Why, none other than EAPPI activists. That’s who! Early morning on...