Akiva Eldar

When Ambassador Michael Oren says the makers of "The Gatekeepers" are compromising the state’s public relations efforts, his are just the latest words in a worrying trend of trying to quiet anyone who dares to be critical.

The most worrying news that came out of the U.S. presidential elections was that American Jews seem to have lost interest in Israel.

Abbas' statement is in fact a warning to the right-wing government, which threatens to respond to any 'unilateral' move at the UN: When you get a third intifada don't blame me.

The decision by Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman to renew their old alliance is good news for the peace camp, democracy and humanism in Israel.

A retired general from the Saudi Arabian army went out of his way to praise the Arab Peace Initiative and wondered why the Israelis were ignoring a proposal that includes recognition of the state and normalization of relations with the entire Muslim world.

How many seats would Likud win if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unexpectedly resigned and were replaced by Moshe Ya'alon or Gideon Sa'ar?

Why are Labor, Kadima and Yesh Atid, which are also announcing the possibility that they will support Netanyahu, the default choices of realistic men and women who have been through this bad scenario, with its inevitable conclusion, a number of times?

How long can Israel be the only country in the Middle East that enjoys a full exemption from nuclear inspections because of a conflict it doesn't show any interest in trying to resolve?

A binational state is not a solution, but rather a flight from reality and a recipe for perpetuating a duel between two nations. Anyone who gives up on a peace agreement between two states is gambling with the fate of the State of Israel.

Tense relations between US, Iran, on the eve of the 2012 presidential election, are similar to the deep rift between America and communist China, 40 years ago. After his historic visit to China, Nixon was reelected – Obama should make a similar move.

It is a shame that so many Israelis still prefer the risk of a regional war to the chances of peace.

Bibi, you are authorized to navigate, but you do not have a mandate to fly us into war. Responsibility rests on all 25 members of the government, down to the last of the ministers.

How many Israelis ask themselves why they remain in a country that has become the most dangerous place for Jews?

The approaching end of Syrian President Bashar Assad could provide an opportunity to forge an anti-Iran coalition that would include all of Israel's neighbors.

In the eyes of the South Koreans, Ahmadinejad is a balanced and rational person, compared to North Korean President Kim Jong Un.

When a government comes to power that fulfills its part in this bargain, Arab citizens will enlist by choice for the good of all.

The young Israelis fighting for an equal division of the burden aren't considering the bigger picture.

It's a shame the police don't show the same determination treating the settlers who invade private Palestinian land as they do evicting the temporary settlers on Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard.

When Ya'alon proposes that we live another hundred years by the carrot and the stick, our hearts skip a beat.

Today the main difference between the modern zealots and the establishment is stylistic only: While the Jewish land pirates propose colliding head-on with anyone who stands in their path, the government proposes ways that create a detour around law and justice.

Regev is nothing but a small MK with a big mouth, who embarrasses her party and provides 'normative' ministers an opportunity to condemn those who hate black people.

What does Netanyahu's policy of clinging to the settlements have in common with Churchill's decision to get rid of the British Empire's colonies?

Today it is Israel that is insisting on the right of return to Sheikh Jarrah and the right to rob the land of Dura Al-Kara.

Until it is proven otherwise, Mofaz and his colleagues from Kadima who went with him will remain schemers - not for peace but for a place around the cabinet table.

Netanyahu will win the elections in September because until November Obama will continue to recite what his election advisers write for him about America's commitment to Israel's security.