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What Labor’s new leader must do to resuscitate the Left
Instead of creating an lifeboat for undesired political has-beens, new Labor leader Avi Gabbay should try to unite Israel’s center-left behind a defiant message in the face of an emboldened right-wing coalition. By Abe Silberstein There are more than enough reasons for Labor Party voters to be thoroughly skeptical of their recently-elected leader, Avi Gabbay. He…
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August 24, 2017
Elor Azaria and the army of the periphery
From the army’s perspective, Azaria’s guilty verdict ostensibly answers the critique that it is unable to deal with soldier violence against Palestinians — or that it doesn’t want to. But there is one reason and one reason only that the lowly soldier was indicted to begin with. An Israeli military court handed down a guilty…
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Edo Konrad
January 4, 2017
One year on: The Iran deal has fulfilled its promise
Despite what Israel’s prime minister may have you believe, the Iran nuclear deal has succeeded in doing exactly what it set out to do: significantly decreasing the threat of a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic. By Shemuel Meir The annual Herzliya Conference made headlines a few weeks back simply due to the fact that former Defense Minister Moshe…
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July 9, 2016
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Iranian nuclear talks: Not what Israel wants you to believe
How are the Iranian nuclear talks really going? The answer is: very well, thanks for asking. By Shemuel Meir Contrary to what some in Israel would have you believe, the Iranian nuclear talks are not stalled and are proceeding full steam ahead. Between official meetings in Vienna, the technical talks are continuing – and those talks…
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March 28, 2014
For the sake of peace, it is time to put an end to negotiations
After 20 years of a failed and fictitious peace process, there is no more room for ‘processes’ that serve as substitutes for peace. There is nothing left to clarify between the two sides. The only possible compromise for a peace agreement is well known. By Rona Moran and Hana Amouri (Translated from Hebrew by Itamar…
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Haokets
March 1, 2014
The writing on the wall: Boycott is top story in Israel’s No. 1 paper
Following Channel 2 News’ remarkable Saturday night prime-time feature on the boycott of Israel, ‘Yedioth Ahronoth’ delivers same warning in big, bold letters on Monday’s front page. “100 leaders of the economy warn of boycott on Israel,” reads the lead headline in Monday’s Yedioth Ahronoth. The sub-headline includes the quote, “The world is losing its…
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Larry Derfner
January 20, 2014
Defense Minister Ya’alon has been putting down Kerry in briefings to reporters, diplomats for weeks
The media fallout from the Ya’alon story in Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that for some weeks now the defense minister has been conducting private briefings to journalists, diplomats and politicians in which he has been speaking out against Secretary of State John Kerry, using the same terms that were revealed earlier this week. Yedioth’s diplomatic correspondent Shimon…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 16, 2014
The Palestinians should thank Ya’alon
He’s dealt a blow to Israel’s prospects in the all-important blame game. By making Israel look like the rejectionist side in the peace process, and by doing so in a spectacularly galling way, Defense Minister Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon’s verbal attack on John Kerry has helped the cause of ending the occupation. It’s no mystery…
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Larry Derfner
January 16, 2014
U.S.: ‘Ya’alon surprised us – Israel never bit the hand that feeds it before’
Anonymous sources in the Obama administration have told +972 magazine they have no clue how to respond to Defense Minister Ya’alon’s remarks about Secretary of State Kerry. (Satire) WASHINGTON — One day after Israeli Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya’alon said that Secretary John Kerry is “messianic and obsessed,” sources in the U.S. administration told +972…
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Ami Kaufman
January 15, 2014
The problem is Netanyahu, not Ya’alon
With his attacks on Kerry, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon is positioning himself as the new leader of the Israeli right. I basically agree with those claiming that there is no daylight between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on the issues, only on style and timing. Netanyahu has surrounded himself with…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 15, 2014
Ya’alon’s jab at Kerry proves Israel isn’t in the peace-making business
The message couldn’t be any clearer. Not only is the political echelon of Israel’s military establishment squarely opposed to the U.S. peace initiative, it actually feels such efforts are wickedly detrimental to Jewish citizens. Moshe Ya’alon, the man charged with defending the State of Israel, was quoted by a major Israeli newspaper calling U.S. Secretary…
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Mairav Zonszein
January 15, 2014
Israel’s defense minister equates peace talks with murder of Israelis
The man in charge of Israeli security provides his expert opinion that violence against Israelis is a direct result of negotiations with Palestinians and thus anathema to Israeli security. Can’t the same be argued regarding Israeli violence against Palestinians? Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon blamed the recent murder of Israelis in the West Bank on the…
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Mairav Zonszein
November 18, 2013
Goading Putin: The insanity of Israel’s military policy
Israel is now bombing the strategic interests not only of its preferred targets – Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Iran or other vastly inferior military powers – but of Russia. When I think of Israel’s continual acts of military “preemption,” I think of a cocky kid who believes he can run across the freeway, so he…
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Larry Derfner
August 2, 2013
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