Israel walked into a Lebanese trap
The prime minister's concessions to Lebanon were made because he is committed to a strategy of avoiding public disputes with ...
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Lapid's holiday bloopers
Lapid can be forgiven for his ignorance about Judaism, particularly given his virulently anti-Orthodox upbringing as the son of the ...
For Putin's prestige, Ukraine crossed a bridge too far
Moscow will not admit that the attack on Kerch Bridge was a Ukrainian operation, but the retaliation – although likely ...
Democracy's watchdog has abandoned its role
If this wasn’t a Democratic president, the media would be yelling blue murder about the administration pursuing a nuclear deal ...
In a grand historical perspective Israel is certainly winning
On the eve of Sukkot – the festival of rejoicing – embrace Israel’s national blessings and eschew gloom.
The answer to Palestinian terrorism: elections
Operation Defensive Shield II will only exacerbate the violence and its price might be extremely high.
US prefers Arab extremists to Jewish ones in the Knesset
Many of those who cheered the inclusion of an Islamist in the last coalition now want Netanyahu to atone for ...
The two-state paradigm comes round again
How interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid imagines that permitting a sovereign Palestinian Arab state within the borders of Mandate Palestine ...
Giving credit where it is due
In 2015, when then-Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arranged gas deals, they were accused of joining ...
The Yom Kippur War showed us that statecraft matters
Wars and defeats can determine the fate of nations and states for decades to come – sometimes for generations.