Benjamin Netanyahu
Using human shields has proved to be an effective tactic.
Its twin coronavirus and budget crises are problems caused by—and only fixable by—political leaders, not bureaucratic maneuvering.
The Budgets Department sees everything through the lens of fiscal restraint, but growing a country requires a different understanding, as well as a broader sense of responsibility.
Kosovars and Palestinians in fact have little in common.
How does Israel keep functioning despite constant political turmoil? Meet the opaque group of unelected bureaucrats that the country’s politicians rely on to save it from themselves.
Elections have been avoided, but the crisis continues.
The demonstrations have vuvuzelas and dancing aliens, but Netanyahu offers security and economic growth.
Normalization is here, and those refusing to join in will be left behind.
A crisis of confidence.
Netanyahu is bluffing.
Designed to repel the swing voters.
A government signing checks won’t bring economic rehabilitation.
The Jewish state is vulnerable without firm control of the Jordan Valley.
