Yoel Marcus

If Netanyahu's trip to Russia was so secret, why did they reveal that he had traveled at all?

The 9/11 attacks brought Israel closer to America on all matters relating to anti-terror cooperation.

Netanyahu may be playing a flip-flopping game, but he will soon have to make a decision. Not only because it is the majority's desire, but first and foremost because he doesn't want to lose the premiership yet again.

Toward the end of his term in office, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is working feverishly to try to stop Israel's deterioration into a banana republic.

If Bibi had intended to make his comeback as prime minister with a business card saying 'Peacemaker,' he could have formed a coalition with Kadima.

Notice that professional criminals, violent gang members and murderers don't blame the media like high profile politicians and entertainers do. They are decent enough to know who did what.

The Feiglinites must not be allowed to condemn this country's future to blood and fire.

One thing to notice is the fact that, under Barak, Labor fell from 19 to 13 Knesset seats, and current polls give it only six. Prime minister he won't be. Mapai is dead.

Barak might surprise us by deciding in his heart of hearts that he would like to become the next president of Israel.

The English jurist William Blackstone once said that the law reaches no further than the end of a club. Unfortunately, our law enforcement agencies have not managed to come to grips with the scope of Israeli crime.

There is no more fitting time of year than this to bring to the attention of our neighbors, the Palestinians, the fact that they have a golden opportunity, despite the failed path they are taking.

In Israel two anti-establishment and amoral camps are crystallizing: the extremist ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem and the youths in the illegal West Bank outposts.

With Obama's prestige in the balance, the American administration will likely initiate its own peace plan, with or without coordination with Israel, perhaps even one consisting of a forced arrangement.

100 days or not, with or without Sara, the truth is that Bibi has brought color back to Likud's cheeks.

Bibi remains the same Bibi. He does not hold up to pressure. He watched wide-eyed as Shas leader Eli Yishai and Likud MK Miri Regev became popular as the defenders of the poor.

The impression is that President Obama doesn't really like Bibi. Or in other words - unlove at first sight.

Three weeks after Obama's oratory in Cairo, the Arabs have yet to bat an eyelid, because they interpreted the speech as being aimed solely at Israel.

If we are talking about real peace, there is no need for demilitarization. If there is a need for demilitarization, there is no need for peace.

Netanyahu's problems are complicated precisely because of their pettiness: Do not anger Obama, do not bring down the government, do not give reinforcements to Kadima, and at the same time, agree to a two-state solution.

The way Ehud Barak is standing by Bibi indicates the relationship that has developed between the two comeback kids.

The United States is warning the extremists that anyone who interferes with peace will pay the price. This includes Israel's extreme right, which is clinging to the insane idea of salvation by keeping the territories.

What kind of Israel do you people want? Yesterday, Obama made it clear what the answer should be, and that we should view his sycophantic speech in Cairo as a true alarm.

It is no accident that Bibi's visit took place as if it never happened. The silence in New York was testimony to the fact that the administration has decided to tone down the close ties between the two countries.