The Success of Sanctions Refutes a Key Argument in Favor of the Nuclear Deal with Iran
Willingly or unwillingly, European corporations have complied.
May 30, 2019
By Throwing a Wrench in Coalition-Building, Avigdor Liberman Shows Disdain for the Will of the People
His stubbornness will likely lead to new elections.
Since Benjamin Netanyahu’s deadline for forming a government passed last night, Israel is now headed to new elections. The impasse came about because the demands of the ultra-Orthodox parties and the right-wing-but-secular Yisrael Beytenu party were diametrically opposed—and Netanyahu needs both to join his government in order to get the requisite number of Knesset seats. Amnon Lord blames the intransigence of Yisrael Beytenu’s leader, Avigdor Liberman, who, he argues, has not sufficiently respected the fact that the voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots for right-wing parties and should therefore have a right-wing government:
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The Sephardi Role in the Flowering of Zionism
Rabbi Judah Solomon Alkalai, the Herzl of Sarajevo.
By Throwing a Wrench in Coalition-Building, Avigdor Liberman Shows Disdain for the Will of the People
His stubbornness will likely lead to new elections.
No, Laws That Restrict Abortions Don’t Violate the First Amendment
A new line of pro-choice argumentation makes little sense.
Archaeologists Brew Biblical Beer with Ancient Yeast
“By the way, the beer isn’t bad.”