Opinion If New Elections Are the Only Way of Pushing Netanyahu Out, So Be It
A damning criminal indictment paints the prime minister’s concocted 'Prosecutors Plot' as heir to Stalin’s infamous 'Doctors Plot'
Chemi Shalev
Analysis Three Scenarios for Netanyahu’s Chaotic Climax: The Good, the Bad and the Horrendous
Salvation, stagnation or capitulation – These are the ways Israel’s paralyzing political stalemate might be resolved
Analysis Holding Out for a Hero in Trump and Netanyahu’s Sodom and Gomorrah
Likud and GOP politicians deserve their own sequel to JFK’s bestseller: 'Profiles in Spinelessness'
Opinion Post-Netanyahu Likud Can Only Recover From Stockholm Syndrome in the Opposition
After years in captivity, party stalwarts love their kidnapper and despise the legal authorities pursuing him
Analysis Netanyahu’s Long and Illustrious Career Is Coming to a Sad and Shameful End
After being dragged kicking and screaming to face criminal charges, the prime minister’s political epitaph will be short and simple: ‘What a waste’
Analysis Netanyahu Reacts to Criminal Indictment With Seditious Call to Arms
Like the witnesses in Trump’s impeachment, the attorney general’s professionalism and gravitas lend credence to the charges against the prime minister
Analysis Pompeo’s Settlements Edict Is Another Trump Trinket That Netanyahu Sells as Pure Gold
By attaching themselves to the U.S. president’s legacy, the settlers risk payback from a Democratic successor
Analysis With Race-baiting Rabble-rousers Like Netanyahu, Who Needs BDS?
The prime minister’s obscene “emergency rally” against a Gantz-Joint List deal risks alienating Israeli Arabs just as they seek greater integration
Analysis Trump Impeachment Holds Pitfalls and Perils for American Jews
After 'Shifty Schiff,' will Trump disparage his committee’s brilliant attorney as 'Greedy Goldman'?
Analysis Netanyahu Exploits Gaza Flare-up to Blast Joint List and Isolate Israeli Arabs
The prime minister’s assault kills minority government option and undercuts Joint List efforts to ally with the Jewish center-left
Opinion Doubts About Gaza Decision Showcase Netanyahu as the Little Boy Who Cried Wolf
To counter allegations of personal motivation and political timing, Netanyahu recruited security chiefs to vouch for him
Analysis Poker-faced Lieberman Reshuffles the Political Deck, if Only for the Thrills
The wily kingmaker’s ultimatums stymie Gantz and Netanyahu – but could also inflame Jewish-Arab tensions
Analysis Emulating Trump’s Anti-whistleblower Campaign, Israeli Justice Minister Ohana Flouts the Law to Protect Netanyahu
After alleging a 'deep state' in Israel’s legal system, Ohana breaks gag order to taint a witness and to undercut Netanyahu’s imminent indictment
Opinion A Center-left Minority Government Is a Bad Option That Can Save Israel From Itself
It may spark controversy and even civil unrest but it will liberate Israeli democracy and rule of law from Netanyahu’s nefarious designs
Analysis In TrumpWorld and BibiWorld, Truth Is Tantamount to Treason
A cult of personality that requires swift destruction of conscientious critics is a hallmark of totalitarian regimes
Opinion Mr. Crybaby Netanyahu and His Loyal Legions of Whimpering Whiners
The prime minister and his right-wing followers increasingly rely on hysteria, self-victimization and moral blindness
Analysis Trump Basks in al-Baghdadi’s Bloody Assassination, but the Festivities Will End Shortly
The killing of the ISIS leader is bound to please most Israelis, who had begun to fear their hero president was a toothless tiger
Analysis 37 Days After the Fact, Israel Saw Today the First Real Manifestation of Netanyahu’s Election Defeat
The incongruous sight of someone other than Netanyahu taking charge could alter expectations of his rival’s inevitable failure
Opinion Long After Netanyahu’s Gone, Likud and the Right Will Suffer From Post-Cult Trauma Syndrome
The Israeli prime minister didn’t invent the right’s disdain for democracy and rule of law – he only exploited it
Analysis How Trump Brought Israel and Democrats Closer Together
The unintended consequence of Trump’s betrayal of Kurds: Amy Klobuchar's depiction of Israel in Democratic debate as 'beacon of democracy' is sweet music to the ears of worried supporters
Opinion The Problem Isn’t Just Bibi: It’s the Bibism With Which He Has Infected Israeli Politics
Benny Gantz cannot join a government headed by a leader who sought to undermine democracy and corrupt the rule of law
Analysis Trump’s Kurdish Treachery Casts Netanyahu as Lone Rider on Paper Tiger
The prime minister’s reckless gamble on a shameless U.S. president unravels before Israel’s startled eyes
Forgive Us, American Jews, for We Have Sinned Against You
Netanyahu turned his back on U.S. Jewry in its greatest time of need – and most Israelis couldn’t care less
Analysis Trump’s Impeachment Meltdown Accelerates Collapse of Netanyahu’s Iran Strategy
Israelis were astounded this week by the PM’s warning of imminent war with Iran – and by the realization that their hero U.S. president won’t have their backs
Analysis Compare and Contrast: Trump’s Ukraine Train Wreck vs. Netanyahu’s Corruption Quagmire
Both have run afoul of the law and both are fighting for their lives by inciting hate, sowing division, bucking the system and undermining democracy
Analysis Israel’s Netanyahu Experience Validates Pelosi’s Fear of Trump Impeachment
The Ukraine-Gate scandal overpowered the Speaker’s resistance but House proceedings could still emerge as Trump’s blessing in disguise
Analysis Israel Election Results: Next Prime Minister Could Be Gantz, Netanyahu – or John Doe
The expected failure of national unity talks and the inability of both candidates to form a majority could yield a dark horse prime minister that no one expects
Opinion Benny Gantz's Tactical Waiting Game Is Too Clever by Half
The Kahol Lavan leader's preference for Netanyahu getting first crack at forming a government could backfire – and lose the whole ballgame
Analysis Israel Election Results: Joint List Reps Cross the Rubicon to Endorse Gantz – Who Blanches in Return
Arab party’s outrage at Netanyahu’s incitement cost him the election and may end up denying him the premiership
Analysis Israel Election Results: Netanyahu Clings to Power With Bluff and Bluster – but His Days Are Numbered
Like Richard Nixon, the prime minister’s refusal to depart gracefully will cement his name in history as an unrepentant crook rather than world-class statesman