Isranet Daily Briefing
Wednesday, August 28th 2024
NO APOLOGIES Exclusive: Netanyahu at War: Eric Cortellessa, TIME, Aug. 6, 2024 — For the past 10 months, Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to apologize for leaving Israel vulnerable to Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack. After the deaths of 1,200 people and the abduction of hundreds more, a traumatized Israeli public heard abject admissions of responsibility from the […]
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Walter Russell Mead WSJ, Aug. 26, 2024 “Mr. Netanyahu is the bête noire of the international intelligentsia and the favorite whipping boy of the global press.” Almost a year into Israel’s most challenging conflict since the 1948-49 War of Independence, one thing is increasingly clear about its embattled prime minister. Love him or loathe […]
Wednesday, January 24th 2024
WATCH: The Big Squeeze – An End To The War?: Gadi Taub and Michael Doran, Tablet, Rumble, Jan. 21, 2024 — Prime Minister Netanyahu faces a pincer movement from his domestic rivals and the White House. His domestic rivals are organizing protests demanding the immediate return of the hostages by means of a deal with Hamas. In Critique Of PM, Eisenkot Says Talk Of […]
Seth Mandel Commentary Magazine, Jan. 19, 2024 “The Hamas attacks—and the possibility of war in the north, with Iran’s Hezbollah thugs—means there is absolutely no mechanism whatsoever for working toward Palestinian statehood until the situation in both places is stabilized.” Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime unity government is in a precarious place largely because of the prime […]
Yanir Cozen Jerusalem Post, Jan. 19, 2024 “We need to stop lying to ourselves. We must be courageous and aim for an acceptable deal that will bring all of the hostages’ home. Time is running out, and each passing day is putting their lives in further jeopardy. We cannot stick blindly to the same strategy […]
David Isaac JNS, Jan. 22, 2024 “It is no secret that the Israeli government is under heavy international pressure that may divert us from the path of decisive victory. This could be due to mismanagement of civil and humanitarian aspects, or as a result of a loose grip on the territory that may allow Hamas to […]
Wednesday, December 27th 2023
Nir Kipniss Jerusalem Post, Nov. 21, 2023 “The left of recent years has mostly been a figment of the right’s imagination.” We are witnessing a seismic shift, a significant upheaval, and a withdrawal from politics by many in Israel. Not only did the hearts of Israelis break on October 7th, but the worldviews of many […]
Tuesday, October 24th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, Oct. 17, 2023 “Ominously, for reportedly the first time in history, Iran raised a “black flag” over the iconic Imam Reza shrine on Tuesday, a move with potentially apocalyptic overtones given the significance of Imam Reza, or the “8th Imam,” to Shia Islam.” The signals being sent with President […]
Tuesday, September 19th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
CYNICISM ABIDES Recalling ‘Cruelty’ Of Former Homeland, Some Libyan Jews Cast Wary Eye on Contacts: Gianluca Pacchiani, Times of Israel, Aug. 29, 2023 — From his home in the coastal Israeli city of Bat Yam, Pedatzur Ben-Attiya recalled a time when he used to recruit “spies” to send into Libya. ________________________________________________________ Peace with Libya is […]
Tuesday, August 29th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
DEFENDING BEN GVIR Statement from the Prime Minister’s Office: Prime Minister’s Office, Aug. 28, 2023 — Israel allows maximum freedom of movement in Judea and Samaria for both Israelis and Palestinians. US, EU Slam Far-Right Israeli Minister’s ‘Racist’ Claim His Rights Outweigh That of Palestinians: Kareem Khadder, CNN, Aug. 25, 2023 — The United […]
Thursday, March 30th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
UNDERSTANDING BARAK’S VISION Aharon Barak’s Revolution: Hillel Neuer, Azure on Line, Winter 5758/1998, no. 3 — In recent years, the state of Israel has undergone a constitutional revolution that has remarkably escaped the notice of most Israelis. With the 1992 passage of Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, and Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation, the power of the […]
Tuesday, March 28th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
Ruthie Blum JNS, Mar. 26, 2023 “He was simply too intimidated by the unprecedented situation to know how to handle it. Such gutlessness hardly inspires confidence about his ability to deal with Tehran and its tentacles in Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian Authority.” To borrow the favorite epithet of the demonstrators in the streets of […]
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