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October 18, 2019

The Recent Deterioration in Syria May Break Israel’s Political Deadlock

The need for a functioning government is more important than any leader or party.

If Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a governing coalition by October 24, President Reuven Rivlin will have to choose between granting him a two-week extension or, more likely, giving Benny Gantz of the centrist Blue and White party a chance to form a coalition. As of last week, coalition negotiations had stalled, but in the past few days several parties began making conciliatory gestures. Vivian Bercovici explains why:

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October 18, 2019

  1. The Evidence of BDS Anti-Semitism Speaks for Itself

    Behind the Mask.

  2. The Iraqi Protests Are an Opportunity for Iran

    Even as a salutary nationalist sentiment is on the rise.

  3. The Recent Deterioration in Syria May Break Israel’s Political Deadlock

    The need for a functioning government is more important than any leader or party.

  4. Hannah Arendt’s Inadvertent Warning about the Dangers of Parochial Intellectual Pretension

    Through her own lack of solidarity with her people.

  5. How Israel Saved the Ibex

    The return of a biblical wild goat.