Haviv Rettig Gur is the senior analyst for the Times of Israel.
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Why did Israel’s intelligence agencies fail to prepare for the attacks of October 7? Why were warnings ignored? Why didn’t the defensive measures in place work? Could the IDF have responded more quick...
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Hamas can declare victory, but Israel might be able to gain the advantage.
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And why Arab Israelis are most sanguine about peace.
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What is President Biden thinking? And what is Prime Minister Netanyahu doing?
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Will peace hold between the prime minister and his rivals?
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Neither Jews nor humanity needed the Shoah to learn that murdering millions of innocents was wrong.
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Hamas and UNRWA: a match made in hell.
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Tunnels, domestic politics, and the popular mood.
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The logic of the ceasefire.
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Strategy, hostages, and resilience.
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And an answer to the moral preening of those who condemn the Jewish state.
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A wounded, weakened Israel is a fiercer Israel.
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Changing rhetoric about checks, balances, and judicial reform.
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The judiciary evaluates judicial reform.
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In fact, it is bound to emerge strengthened by the current crisis.
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Even if the right wins, it still loses.
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Understanding the West Bank’s most solvable problems.
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Perverse incentives.
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A holiday of remembrance and relief—and also of love.
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Many right-wing voters care about other things far more than judicial reform.
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“Government Night” ends with a question mark.
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Just by giving a speech, he cooled political passions.
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It knows what it opposes, but can rarely articulate what it supports.
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Aryeh Deri in the crosshairs.
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If opponents of reform ceased their “panic-stricken keening,” they could articulate serious arguments.
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“An uprising wrapped in a bear hug.”
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What the parties stand for, from There Is a Future to the Pirates.
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Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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It’s a basic rule of negotiations: the most strident party is inevitably the one with the upper hand.
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For the first time since 2015, Likud is talking about substance.
