The Israeli elections are quickly approaching and the latest Haaretz and Ynet polls are showing the political Left to be rising in popularity. For years, the Left dominated the Knesset (parliament) but in recent decades the Right and Left have…
The unexpected star-party in the 2013 Israeli elections, Habayit Hayehudi—or The Jewish Home in English—has a plan to handle conflict in the Middle East that doesn’t involve a Palestinian state in Israeli territory. And according to Jeremy Gimpel, a candidate…
The recent meetings in Cairo aiming to reinvigorate the Palestinian political reconciliation process appear to have made progress. They’ve made problems too. Following the discussion between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Recently a warning was issued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the instability of governments in the Middle East, in which the political leader cited from Judaism’s Biblical reading for that week. It was from the beginning of the…
Five-and-a-half years after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed to the risk the terror group could also overrun the West Bank as a key reason to approach peace negotiations with the Palestinians with caution.…
The recent Hebrew University-sponsored poll of Palestinian views that showed an increased support for violence and the Hamas terrorist group bodes very ill for peace in the region. Incredibly, it comes after a conflict in which Israel made efforts to…