The American Jewish establishment is in a bind. An organized community that cannot tolerate any dissent will lose its dissenting members, deepening its resistance to alternate views and making it less able to exert any influence outside the community
Core disputes over how to utilize political power may not be resolved in time to form a new Joint List — and competing parties are ready to capitalize.
Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu. Could have been written any time since spring 2024: "we in the U.S. Government do not see a clear military imperative for continued operations
Replacing him, however, may require having an Arab party in the government, which is anathema to many Israelis.
An alliance with the president was the Israeli prime minister’s selling point. Now it may be his downfall.
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Since October, 890 Gazans have been killed by Israeli fire despite the supposed 'cease-fire.' Forty-two of them were police officers whose job it is to maintain some semblance of order in a tormented and fractured society
He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.
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The Israeli prime minister’s focus is, as always, on himself and his near-term political needs. The plight of American Jews is simply not his concern.
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