Israel’s professional politicians have taken their fierce and stubborn dispute to the corridors of the political system. The president has been the mediator, and all sides have kept their weapons, and despite temporarily delaying work on their main issue - the “judicial reform” - the majority in…

Only a few days separate us from that decisive day for the Israeli political elite. If no surprises are seen, with one side attaining a decisive victory over the other, sixth elections will loom over the horizon. The results could perpetuate the same vicious cycle of the country’s politics going in…

More profound than an understanding between two belligerents, the Palestinian-Israeli Oslo Accords, at their core, are an approach. The Accords changed the rules, turning them from rules governing the conflict to rules governing the settlement. What Palestine’s Oslo Accords and Lebanon’s recent…

We do not need to wait for the official statements usually issued after official US visits to look into the second stop on their trip, Bethlehem. Situated between two major stops, it is akin to a comma between two lines. The visit to Bethlehem was preceded by developments that set the stage and…

Since the Jewish state was founded and until further notice, no single person has been the center of political life before, whether it is a leader of the government or the opposition. Before Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving Prime Minister in Israeli history and the most powerful and…

One man announced that he seeks the Palestinian presidency whether Abbas is around or not, the leader captive, Marwan Barghouti. Those whose names are being circulated without their approval, on the other hand, are many. They are all competing in what aficionados of the press like to call "the…

In debate halls, salons, forums, and even decision-making centers, several questions are being posed without a decisive answer emerging. Who is responsible for this war? Who is perpetuating it, and who can help the world overcome it? Is it Putin who launched a military invasion starting with the…

The two men called in when the going gets tough in Israel, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev, continue to call on President Mahmoud Abbas to help instill calm, especially during the month of Ramadan, which the Israelis consider a “dangerous” time. Both are…

Observers of the course of the Chinese policy know that the leaders of this giant country avoid confrontation in any situation, unless it's forced upon them. That happened when former US President Donald Trump put countering China at the heart of his foreign policy objectives. Nonetheless, the…

Israel is an apartheid state. That is the conclusion Amnesty International reached based on irrefutable facts, and no Israeli government has a reasonable argument against Amnesty’s categorization. What Israel is doing in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, and even within its state,…