Alon Pinkas
Haaretz.com
Israel
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Israel's Army Chief Just Failed an Important Test
Even though Lt. Gen. Herzl Halevi walked back his comments that a secure dictatorship is better than anarchy, the army chief may have offered a glimpse into where he stands ahead of the looming constitutional crisis over Netanyahu's judicial overhaul → Read More
The Dangerous Ineptness of Netanyahu’s Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
Benjamin Netanyahu’s illiberal legislation will probably prevent any unilateral military action by Israel against Iran, and conceivably block his own legislative agenda → Read More
When Will the U.S. Stop Pretending That Things Are Normal in Netanyahu's Israel?
It is not the U.S.’ responsibility, moral duty or place to alter the authoritarian trajectory of Israel. But it is equally negligent of the Americans to act as if nothing is happening → Read More
Putin's Year of Debacles: Why Russia's President Has Already Lost
As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine, one thing is clear: Putin's intentions a year ago are worlds apart from the reality today, and Russia has suffered a disastrous strategic defeat → Read More
The Opposition Parties Must All Resign in Protest at Netanyahu’s Judicial Coup
The goverment’s judicial overhaul is Israel’s very own ‘Weimarian’ moment and leaves the opposition parties with no choice but to use the doomsday weapon of mass resignation → Read More
Israel's Opposition Parties Must All Resign in Protest at Netanyahu’s Judicial Coup
The Netanyahu government’s judicial overhaul is Israel’s very own ‘Weimar’ moment. It leaves the opposition parties with no choice but to use the doomsday weapon: To meet political force with force → Read More
Biden’s Visit to Kyiv: A Triumph for America, a Stinging Humiliation for Putin
Whatever happens next in the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. president’s Kyiv speech, standing next to Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, was the realization of an impossible dream when the invasion began a year ago → Read More
When Will the U.S. Get Tired of Helping Israel With UN Vetoes?
As Israel's new government advances an extreme agenda, it's not clear at what point Washington will drop the bromides and declare that it will be increasingly difficult to defend these policies in international forums → Read More
Israel’s Opposition Parties Have Gone AWOL. It Turns Out Nobody Needs Them
The next phases of the protest against Netanyahu's plan to crush Israel's judiciary will require leadership, clarity of purpose and meticulous planning. You won't find any of this among the elected opposition in the Knesset → Read More
Israel’s Opposition Parties Have Gone AWOL. It Turns Out Nobody Needs Them
The next phases of the protest against Netanyahu's plan to crush Israel's judiciary will require leadership, clarity of purpose and meticulous planning. You won't find any of this among the elected opposition in the Knesset → Read More
China's Spy Balloon Offers a Lesson About the Dangers of Miscommunication
In Washington there's a consensus that the United States has maneuvered into an inexorable path of conflict with China, while in Beijing there's a theory that a hard-line faction seeks to embarrass Xi. Either way, the presidential hotline needs a tune-up → Read More
Think Israel Is in a Constitutional Crisis? You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
In its bid to neuter the judiciary, the Netanyahu bloc is going after Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara , and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut is next. They are the last barriers on Israel's road to becoming an illiberal democracy → Read More
Blinken Warned Netanyahu: Don't Become Orbán. Will He Listen?
Antony Blinken was diplomatic, mild and reserved in tone and choice of language, but his message was unequivocally clear on Monday: America is growing increasingly uncomfortable with what it is seeing in Israel → Read More
Blinken Warned Netanyahu of 'Orban Decay'. Will He Listen?
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was seen standing reluctantly next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, listening to a barrage of predictable clichés about the “unbreakable bonds,” “shared values” and brotherhood between Israel and the United States. It was almost a “Blink twice if you’re being held hostage or under duress” moment. → Read More
Crude, Vulgar and Profane: Israel's Constitutional Debate Is No 'Federalist Papers'
“Discourse” and “debate” are two patently misleading terms being used to describe contemporary Israeli politics. The repetition of these words leads to a misperception about the quality of dialogue and the importance of ideas → Read More
Western Tanks Are Coming to Ukraine, and With Them an Escalation
As the battle increasingly becomes a direct confrontation between Russia and the United States and NATO, the pressure is growing on President Vladimir Putin to turn his country’s military failure around → Read More
Israel's Chief Justice Is Left in Charge of 'Fortress Democracy'
The 2020 High Court decision to let the indicted Benjamin Netanyahu serve as prime minister may be haunting Chief Justice Esther Hayut as she helps defend against efforts to quash Israeli democracy → Read More
Netanyahu's Plan for Regime Change in Israel Ridicules the Idea of 'Shared Values' With America
Who can still talk about 'shared values' as the core tenet of the U.S.-Israel relationship when Netanyahu and his far-right government are waging war on Israeli democracy? → Read More
In Both Israel and the U.S. Congress, Lunatics Are Taking Over the Asylum
From Itamar Ben-Gvir in Israel to Matt Gaetz in Washington, the virulent antidemocratic rhetoric is identical: anti-elites, anti-education, anti-science, anti-diversity, anti-anything different → Read More
Breaking the Palestinian Authority Is a Another Step in Israel's March of Folly
Israel’s security establishment has long warned of a doomsday scenario in which the Palestinian Authority dissolves itself and seeks a binational state. Israeli actions may hasten the process → Read More