The recent decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to include former-Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in his government and agree to make her the lead negotiator with the Palestinians is already wreaking havoc in Israeli politics. But the real showdown is…
Recently media reports, including The Mideast Update, have covered the claims that Israel struck some type of military target in Syria in order to prevent the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. Israel apparently acted decisively on Syria.…
The latest military strike against a Syrian military target, reportedly by Israel according to The New York Times, had the potential to be a successful strike and slink away into secrecy. Yet as the Times pointed out, Syria broke rank…
The recent Israeli elections left the political scene a bit complicated. The top party in the next Knesset (parliament) is center-right. The second largest party is center-left. The Right can barely form a government; the Left can’t at all. The…
The elections in Israel are over, but there’s still no government yet. The diversity of parties in Israel has reached a critical point at which forming a coalition is extremely difficult. Forming a stable coalition? Nearly impossible. The Right bloc,…
As Israel works to set up a new government—first with elections and then with the process of forming a ruling coalition—the direction the country will take next remains very much in the balance. Millions of Israelis have calculated who they…