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Israel set for early elections
So it turns out that all the rumours and speculation were accurate, and Israel is set to go to the polls in a general election some time in January. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday...
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Likud and Yisrael Beitenu to unite for upcoming elections
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has shocked the Israeli political system once again with yet another surprise move, announcing the merger of the Likud party with Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beitenu:...
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The Crazy Carousel of Israeli politics and other Middle East Madness
It’s time for some light relief, so I hereby present you with a round-up of some of the madness affecting our region, starting with the crazy carousel called Israeli pre-election politics. After Ehud...
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Traitorous MK Hanin Zouabi banned from running for reelection
Almost a year ago I wrote about the traitors who sit in Israel’s Knesset. I was referring in particular to Hanin Zouabi from the Balad party. She had been accused by other MKs of consorting with the...
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We finally have a government
At least I think so. The coalition agreement is due to be signed later today, so barring any last-minute surprises (which one can never rule out in Israel) we will have a ruling coalition in place. In...
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Good News Friday
Another week has gone by, another month too, for we are about to enter the month of Elul this week, and it’s time for another Good News Friday installment. We start off with more entertainment news....
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Tu B’Shvat Higia
Today is Tu B’Shvat, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat, known as “the birthday of the trees” in Jewish tradition. The tree most associated with Tu B’Shvat is the almond tree, in Hebrew the Shkedi’a...
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Thank you Mr. Harper
Israel has eagerly welcomed Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and with very good reason. Under Mr. Harper’s leadership Canada has become Israel’s staunchest friend in the world, with Australia...
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Good News Thursday
Since Purim is fast approaching (it falls this Sunday) I have decided to post an additional good news post before tomorrow’s usual Good News Friday post. This post will concentrate on #BDSFails –...
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President Reuven Rivlin – Israel’s 10th President
As the end of President Shimon Peres’s 7-year term approached, a nasty dirty battle was waged in recent weeks in the Knesset over who Israel’s next President was to be. Binyamin Netanyahu...
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Israel as a Jewish State
Were you as surprised as I was to discover that there is no actual law enshrining Israel’s status as a Jewish state and the homeland of the Jewish People? This is the background to the latest political...
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Baruch Dayan Emet. Uri Orbach z”l
Uri Orbach, the politician, journalist, children’s author, humorist and so much more, passed away yesterday at much too young an age (54). He will be sorely missed not only within his own religious...
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Israeli Elections 2015: Likud’s win, and how the polls got it wrong
Since the initial exit polls came out, the final numbers have changed the results even more radically. Some caution is still required since the “double envelop” absentee and soldiers’ vote have still...
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Good News Friday
Pesach is over and with it the mad rush to clean and cook and prepare and eat and… well, you get the picture. So it’s about time I posted another Good News Friday post. :-) This week’s installment...
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Incitement giving a tail-wind to terror
On Thursday a pair of teenage Arab girl-terrorists pulled a knife out of one of their schoolbags (!) and stabbed a security guard at the local bus station in Ramle, central Israel. Thankfully he was...
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Why is this man sitting in the Knesset?
For all that we complain about the perfidy of the British, we have a lot to learn from them when it comes to tolerating antisemitism in the ranks of their politicians. In the wake of the scandal of...
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US State Department’s perfidy undermining Israeli sovereignty
I often write about “perfidious Albion”, referring to the hypocrisy and two-faced bias of Britain against Israel. But in the last few years under the Obama Administration, it is America, or more...
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The Israeli government finally wakes up to BDS – no more Mr. Nice Guy
Jewish and pro-Israel activists have been battling the BDS boycott movement for years, with greater or lesser success depending on the case. The one thing that has been missing has been support from...
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A solution for Amona? Or more trouble ahead
Since I wrote about the possible evacuation of Amona a couple of weeks ago, the “Arrangements Law” or Regulation Bill or Settlements Bill (take your pick), intended to regulate once and for all the...
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A traitor in our Knesset
I use the word “traitors” very carefully because of the terrible implications and potential consequences. As I wrote in a similar post back in 2012: One has to be very careful about accusing others of...
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