Analysis
Friday, August 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Daniel Goldman Jerusalem Post, Aug. 20, 2023 “In a recent survey of religious Zionist and traditional Israelis, a majority agreed that the government is actually alienating the population from its Jewish identity. While we can’t easily associate a specific policy decision or legislative proposal that has triggered this response, we do know from previous polls […]
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John Podhoretz Commentary Magazine, April 2023 “This government came to power through the same process as every other government in Israel’s history. Had the situation been reversed—had rightists taken to the streets against a legitimately elected left-of-center government—everyone from Haaretz’s anti-Zionists to Danny Gordis would have been awash in outrage at the attempt to interfere with proper democratic processes.” […]
Antonio García Martínez Tablet, Aug. 23, 2023 “If we lose, then all of Israel will be like Jerusalem.” I’m jet lagged and jostled, in the back of a Maserati SUV driven maniacally by a guy named “Shay” on Israel’s Highway 1 between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Next to me, also crammed between shrink-wrapped cases […]
Rafi Demogge Mosaic Magazine, Aug. 3, 2023 “Most importantly for the question presently at issue: Jews are extremely politically polarized along self-ascribed secular vs. non-secular identities.” In my essay “The Looming War over Israel’s War of Return,” I predicted that Israel’s immigration regime would become increasingly controversial and politicized. I based this forecast on […]
Thursday, August 24th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
A Hany Ghoraba IPT News, July 3, 2023 “Ultimately, [the] MB fell because it was weak and because it got too greedy too quickly without accounting for the overall situation inside the country.” Islamists’ rapid rise to power in the Middle East following the Arab Spring revolutions came to a halt following a popular revolution that swept Egypt […]
Marilyn Stern Middle East Forum, Aug. 11, 2023 (includes webinar) The Koran burnings provided a pretext for the president of NATO member Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to block Sweden’s application for membership. Naser Khader, a Middle East Forum writing fellow, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, and former member of the Dutch Parliament, spoke to […]
Yehudit Barsky and Ehud Rosen INSS, Apr. 18, 2023 “While CAIR condemned antisemitism in general following the 2021 Los Angeles restaurant attack days later a CAIR official again attempted to delegitimize the ADL—the organization that monitors antisemitism and is part of the mainstream Jewish community—claiming it has been “falsely characterizing legitimate criticism of Israel as […]
Mohshin Habib Gatestone Institute, Aug. 22, 3023 “‘When he went closer to read it, he was shocked to see a photograph of him and his younger brother Umair, alias Raja, pasted on top of the page.” The utmost violence, it seems, against the Christians in Pakistan has taken a permanent form. According to the Pakistani daily […]
Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Yoram Ettinger Algemeiner, Aug. 2, 2023 ‘Israel’s defense exports have surged due to the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war upon the demand for advanced Israeli military systems, the substantial increase of Germany’s defense budget, and Sweden and Finland’s decision to join NATO.” According to a July 17, 2023, Bloomberg report, a leading global investment […]
Aharon Katz Globes, Aug. 2, 2023 “When the global forecast improves, Israel will be able to restart its economy. The country’s economy is cooling, inflation is falling, and economic ties in the region are on an improving trend.” Israel’s economic situation seems very unclear. The Knesset has entered its long summer recess, and will […]
J Post editorial Jerusalem Post, Aug. 21, 2023 “… in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Europe today is more aware of security threats and the need for modern defense systems.” The announcement last week that the US had approved Israel’s sale of its Arrow-3 missile defense system to Germany is important and its […]
Galit Altstein Bloomberg, Aug. 21, 2023 “Fitch’s confidence came with a warning, however, that Israel’s governance indicator scores could be at more risk in case of “a massive change in the way judges are appointed with a very political agenda.” When Fitch Ratings issued an optimistic report on Israel last week, it defied growing conventional wisdom […]
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