From an Exchange of Abductees and Prisoners to Peace

 An agreement on the exchange of the abductees is not yet within reach. Unfortunately, the abducted will continue to languish in captivity. The agreement is a real dilemma. In logic, a “dilemma” refers to a situation in which there are two equally important alternatives that cannot be achieved together – despite the difficulty, one must…

Destroying Hamas as Unifying Project: The Netanyahu’s Govt and the Continuation of War

Before October 7th, the far right-wing government in Israel was bound together by the joint political project of a “legal coup.” Against the Netanyahu government was a slightly more liberal Zionist opposition. The judicial revolution project was halted by the protest movement, but it was not eliminated.  The shock-and-awe massacre by Hamas on October 7th deeply…

18th Weekend of Rallies Against Netanyahu’s Judicial Coup

For the 18th week in a row, hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied across Israel on Saturday evening against the far-right government’s plans to overhaul the judicial system. The protests included roadblocks, marches and artistic displays in 150 of locations throughout the country. The activities continued throughout the day, including a significant wave in the…

TV Poll Shows Netanyahu Crashing

A poll published Sunday evening on Channel 13 indicates that if elections were held today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right Likud would plummet from its current 32 seats in the Knesset to just 20, falling well behind Benny Gantz’s National Unity party, which would jump to 29 seats from its current 12 and Yair Lapid’s…