News Israel Politics: State Department redefines antisemitism: Don't compare Israel to the Nazis
The US State Department has updated its definition of antisemitism to include "drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” as an example of antisemitism in public life. In ...
News Israel Politics: Right From Wrong: Unorthodox politics, blessed paradoxes
You canât make this stuff up. Unless you live in Israel, that is, where paradoxes are as rampant as miracles.
News Israel Politics: Steny Hoyer has a hard job: Uniting Democrats on Israel
So Hoyer is good with numbers, and he uses them to make an argument: The Democrats don’t have an Israel problem. Hoyer, 80, a seasoned dean of sorts of pro-Israel Democrats in Congress, is leading the ...
News Israel Politics: Politics with Michelle Grattan: Father Frank Brennan on Israel Folau and religious freedom
Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest and member of the expert panel on Religious Freedom set up by Malcolm Turnbull, says the Israel Folau matter is a “simple freedom of contract case regardless of Mr ...
News Israel Politics: Man set to unseat Greek prime minister is as pro-Israel as his predecessor
“Since then the relationship between Greece and Israel has grown progressively and steadily stronger on all fronts – political, economic, military, cultural, geopolitical,” Mitsotakis said in 2018. “I ...
News Israel Politics: With failure to form political coalition, has Israel’s Netanyahu lost his ‘magic’?
Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, has voted to dissolve itself barely a month after forming due to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to establish a coalition government within the given timeframe. An unprecedented second election will occur in September -- shortly after Netanyahu faces a hearing related to corruption charges. John Yang talks to The Washington Institute’s David Makovsky.
News Israel Politics: Kushner arrives in Israel to political chaos and a new roadblock to his peace plan
JERUSALEM — As presidential son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner visited Israel for meetings Thursday to bolster support for his Middle East peace initiative, he was met by political chaos, as the ...
News Israel Politics: Doug Schoen: Israel is on an out-of-control political roller coaster after collapse of government
Israelis will go to the polls yet again Sept. 17 to elect a new parliament, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered an enormous setback when he failed to put together a coalition and form a new government following weeks of talks after the last election April 9.
News Israel Politics: Israel’s Unprecedented Political Crisis
JERUSALEM—Israel’s politics are wild and chaotic. Its electoral system is remarkably reliable. In the past seven decades, 20 parliamentary elections yielded relatively well-functioning governments. ...
News Israel Politics: Israel's Hosting of This Year's Eurovision is Clouded by Political Conflict
(JERUSALEM) — As host of this year’s Eurovision, Israel has tried to use the hugely popular song contest to present itself as a tolerant and cosmopolitan country that is winning increased ...
News Israel Politics: Facebook bans Israel's Archimedes Group over fake political activity, election disruption
Facebook has banned Israel's Archimedes Group for allegedly being connected to hundreds of pages, accounts, and groups used to manipulate users and to influence political discussions. Nathaniel ...
News Israel Politics: The Latest: Madonna performs at Eurovision Song Contest
Israel earned the right to host the show after ... But she rejected them, saying she will "never stop playing music to suit someone's political agenda." Madonna performed her hit song, "Like ...
News Israel Politics: Israel brushes off Eurovision boycott calls with a big assist from Madonna
But with the competition taking place in Israel this week, the usually festive atmosphere is tinged with politics. Amid calls for a boycott from pro-Palestinian activists, Israel and its supporters ...
