Analysis
Monday, March 9th 2015 / Monday, March 9th 2015
Throughout the previous weeks of the election campaign, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Likud have been on the receiving end of much criticism, most recently with “Bottlegate”, the State Comptroller Office’s report on it, and far more importantly, the State Comptroller Office’s report on the housing crisis. These issues dominated much of […]
Friday, March 6th 2015 / Friday, March 6th 2015
BIBI’S NOT CHURCHILL, NOR OBAMA CHAMBERLAIN –BUT CONGRESSIONAL SPEECH DOES DRAW BLOOD, UPSETTING U.S.-IRAN NUCLEAR APPLECART Munich 1938 analogies being made to describe Israeli P.M. Netanyahu’s speech to Congress are inexact. Israel is indeed a small country excluded from talks affecting its fate, but while there are certain analogies, Netanyahu isn’t […]
Friday, March 6th 2015
PART ONE: JERUSALEM AND WASHINGTON. News bulletin, New York Times, February 25, 2015: WASHINGTON — Susan E. Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday [February 14] over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress next week, saying his actions had […]
Thursday, March 5th 2015 / Thursday, March 5th 2015
In loving memory of Malca Z’’L “Remember what Amalek did to you…” Deuteronomy XXV: 17 Today’s enemy of Israel, Amalek, is Hamas. Like the Biblical Amalek, it aims to disrupt Israel’s march through history toward its unique destiny – the state for all Jews. Don’t be afraid! Lacking any sense […]
Tuesday, March 3rd 2015 / Tuesday, March 3rd 2015
The election campaign will move forward to its next phase on March 3rd, with the start of the national TV broadcasts. In the meantime, the media focus seems to be on Netanyahu’s planned speech to the US Congress and on the American debate over a possible agreement with Iran regarding its […]
Friday, February 27th 2015 / Friday, February 27th 2015
Rhetoric plays a major role in the demonization process of Israel. Besides the use of lies, the dissemination of false arguments is prevalent among the major demonization techniques.[1] It is thus important that those who publicly defend Israel are trained to see through such tactics. One prominent technique used against Israel is […]
Wednesday, February 25th 2015 / Thursday, February 26th 2015
Over the past week, the political debate became heated but remained unfocused. There was a brief moment of unity after MK Uri Orbach of Bayit Yehudi and Minister of Pensioner’s Affairs passed away at the age of 54. He was eulogized by politicians of many parties across the board. The debate […]
Monday, February 23rd 2015 / Monday, February 23rd 2015
With the election cycle in full swing, it has become apparent that Israelis are seriously limited in their choices. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has served his country admirably, he spent his latest term deflecting criticism of indecisiveness, levied against him his entire political career. Despite repeated “hawkish” declarations on security, multiple […]
Friday, February 6th 2015 / Friday, February 6th 2015
Last month the Swedish foreign minister Margot Wahlstrom postponed her visit to Israel after foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and other Israeli top officials refused to meet her.[1] The Israeli refusal was a reaction to the new Social Democrat Swedish government’s initiative to recognize the Palestinian state shortly after its arrival to power. […]
Monday, February 2nd 2015 / Monday, February 2nd 2015
January 29 is the deadline for parties to submit their list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee. Some additional parties published their list this past week. The extreme left-wing Meretz re-elected its current parliamentarians as the first five candidates on its list.[1] The Israel Beitenu list of candidates, selected by Foreign Minister Avigdor […]
Tuesday, January 27th 2015 / Thursday, February 5th 2015
Media play a major role in the delegitimization and demonization of Israel. Their share in this process cannot be assessed scientifically. Yet over 40% of citizens of the European Union — aged 16 years or older – believe that Israel is a Nazi state, or alternatively, think that Israel is […]
Tuesday, January 27th 2015 / Friday, February 13th 2015
The genocidal atrocities being perpetrated daily on the Yazidi people by the Islamic State have vanished from media radar. They have been targeted by the IS for death, forced conversion and sexual slavery. The killing, the torture of thousands; the abduction of girls as young as eight, raped, sold, used […]
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