Analysis Netanyahu Spews About Unity but Is Crafting His Next Election Campaign – and Israel’s Demise
The only alliance left for the prime minister is with the ultra-Orthodox, for whose sake he’ll sacrifice us all
Yossi Verter
Analysis Netanyahu’s Henchmen Prove Once Again They're Soldiers in a Criminal Organization
But this week, one of them had a 'work accident' with worrisome consequences
Gantz Says Will Seek New Election if Budget Crisis Persists, Would Back Anyone but Netanyahu
In private talks, Netanyahu’s main coalition partner says his party could vote for dissolving parliament, won’t rule out supporting right-wing leader Bennett for prime minister
Analysis Anarchy Prevails in Israel, and It Starts With Netanyahu
Without any personal example, proper management or reasonable enforcement, Netanyahu proves that he is to blame – rather than protesters he likes to cast as 'anarchists'
Analysis The Public No Longer Wants Netanyahu, and the Latest Polls Prove It
The people, held captive by failing government and corrupt prime minister, want another election, and Bennett's polling surge means one thing: anyone but Bibi
Analysis Violating Lockdown, Israel's Minister of Flouting May Become No. 1 Super-spreader Among Politicians
Chutzpah has been Likud Minister Gila Gamliel's middle name for a long time. But now, her behavior during the COVID-19 lockdown warrants a teachable moment for the aspiring education minister
Analysis Gantz Knows the Premiership Is Lost and Now His Party Is Raising the Stakes
Passing legislation to keep protests away from Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, to which Gantz's party didn't oppose, was the last of too many straws, bringing Kahol Lavan to its limit
Analysis After Another Surrender to Netanyahu, Gantz’s Party Realizes It’s Time to Play Some Politics
Well, hopefully more people than Kahol Lavan’s Asaf Zamir, who has resigned after the unity government's disgraceful blocking of protests outside the prime minister’s residence
Analysis Captain Netanyahu Sets the Passengers Against Each Other as Mother Ship Israel Sinks
As the coronavirus lockdown tightens, businesses are collapsing, the health care system is tottering, the right to demonstrate has been eroded, and Bibi has no cure
Analysis Flouting Quarantine, Netanyahu Aides Reveal Industry of Lies
All the problems have emerged from the prime minister and his circle – violations, lies, incitement, smears, blood libels
Analysis Fake Lockdown, Imaginary Reality: Netanyahu Is Leading Israel Into Darkness
When every issue is weighed according to political survival, Netanyahu's coronavirus response can only look like an election campaign
Analysis At the White House, Netanyahu Is Building His Legacy and Ignoring the Coronavirus
When Israelis gather around their holiday tables on Friday during the lockdown, without their loved ones, a selfie in front of the UAE’s royal palace won’t be the first thing on their minds
Analysis Netanyahu's Strategy at Play: Go Into an Election With the Whole World Against Him
Even Benny Gantz realizes this, and he and Naftali Bennett are each crafting strategies of their own, as Bibi attacks the law enforcement system
Analysis Insincerest Condolences: Netanyahu Harnesses Apology to Pummel Law Enforcement
Moments before Israelis were forced to pay the price for his failed coronavirus response, Netanyahu's issued a self-serving apology over the 2017 killing of Bedouin teacher Yakub Abu al-Kiyan
Analysis Fully Loaded and Fed Up, Yesh Atid's Number Two Is Going to War With His Boss
Ofer Shelah, the Israeli opposition party's perennial second string, has no illusions about the prospect of holding primary vote – but he’s showing party leader Lapid a future with internal opposition
Analysis Gantz Held His Own With Netanyahu, Securing a Tactical – and Temporary – Win
Prime minister is surveying the Knesset to lock in his next coalition; this may explain why he backed down from calling an election, hours before the 23rd Knesset turned into a pumpkin
Analysis In His Power Struggle With Gantz, Netanyahu Finally Folded First
Once Netanyahu realized that he would be scorned for dragging Israel into another election at the height of an economic crisis – he caved in
Analysis Netanyahu Offers Olive Branch to Prevent Election. But It's Dipped in Poison
Prime minister's coalition partners, all too familiar with his tactics, wary after he says he supports compromise to avoid election but provides no details
Analysis As Knesset Dissolution Approaches, Netanyahu's Propaganda Machine Breaks Own Record
While the biased media was blasting out its filth, the mainstream media was falling into the former’s trap. Meanwhile, it seems Netanyahu is willing to compromise, but his tribe will be the one to decide
Analysis This Weekend, the Netanyahu Family Is Set to Decide if Israel Is Going to Election
The PM's nemesis Naftali Bennett isn’t the only Israeli who believes that the country is only a fifth priority, maybe a fourth priority, for Netanyahu, his wife and son
Analysis Netanyahu Is in Full-on Election Mode, Driven by His Present and Future Anxieties
Even Benny Gantz realizes that the rotation that would make him prime minister will never happen. The only question is the date of the next election
Analysis Netanyahu Gave Up on Annexation. Will His Voters Now Give Up on Him?
Even a fool won't believe the Israeli leader's claim that backing off of West Bank annexation as part of UAE deal is merely temporary
Analysis The Netanyahus' Latest Show of Madness Is Just a Diversion
The prime ministerial couple captured the attention of the public on the Knesset floor and the airwaves in an unnecessary, coordinated attack on common sense
Analysis Netanyahu Incites and Whines – and Shows Worrying Signs of Totally Losing It
Every line in the insane letter PM sent to the attorney general was false, exaggerated or distorted, and like the odds of him adhering to coalition agreements, the risk to his personal safety is zero
Analysis Netanyahu and Gantz Are Already Campaigning, and Israel Slides Into Election No. 4 on Autopilot
The prime minister will bang on about the horrible protesters, the imagined violence, the ‘anarchists,’ the wider left and the ‘mobilized’ media
Analysis Netanyahu May Have Just Kicked Off His New Election Campaign
Victimizing, demonizing and throwing shots at protesters and the media, Netanyahu looks more than ever ready to get back on the campaign trail - and not to answer questions about his actual job
Analysis Netanyahu Chose His Target for Next Election Campaign: Protesters and the Media
Netanyahu's anger at the explosion of protests against him have turned the prime minister into a hostage of his son Yair's hostile tirades against the press
Analysis Netanyahu Portrays the Israeli Left as Violent, but It’s He Who Wants Chaos
The government may reduce the incidence of disease, but the prime minister will never break the chain of incitement that keeps him in power
Analysis Netanyahu Has Launched the Decisive Part of His Plan: To Set the Country on Fire
The prime minister offers limp condemnation for injured protesters over social media and seems to be fueling extremist right-wing violence
Analysis As Chaos Reigns, Netanyahu Must Carefully Weigh Whether He Really Wants an Election
The opinion polls show that Avigdor Lieberman will be the kingmaker again, while Likud legislators are wallowing in hatred and the settling of accounts