05/28/2020
The first casualty of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to form a governing coalition with left-leaning Defense Minister and Blue and White Party head Benny Gantz was Yamina. The five members of the ideological right-wing, national religious party were the odd men out. With his Likud party members braying for senior ministries, Netanyahu was unable to satisfy Yamina’s demands. But…
05/28/2020
On Tuesday, I discussed the reasons it is essential for Israel to move forward with its plan to apply its laws to the Jordan Valley and to its communities in Judea and Samaria with my colleague Avi Abelow from Pulse of Israel. We also discussed the significance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal problem from the perspective of its implications…
05/22/2020
Tuesday evening, Palestinian Authority and PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced that the PA is renouncing the peace deals it signed with Israel along with its agreements with the United States. According to several left-leaning Israeli television commentators and retired generals, his speech was an earthquake. It was a calamity of epic proportions. Most importantly, it was a reason to…
05/19/2020
Should Jordan’s King Abdullah have veto power over Israel’s plan to apply its sovereign laws to its cities, towns and villages in Judea and Samaria and to the Jordan Valley, in accordance with the Trump peace plan? Monday morning, senior leaders of the Blue and White party began making noises to that effect. In an interview with Germany’s Der…
05/17/2020
In the coming months, Israel is expected to apply its civilian law and administration to the 30 percent of Judea and Samaria (or the “West Bank”) that President Donald Trump’s recently unveiled peace plan anticipates remaining with Israel after a final peace agreement. One might expect that Israel’s plan would be hailed for advancing peace and the equal rights of…
05/17/2020
Last Thursday we broadcast our latest show where we discussed the police tactics for investigating anti-Netanyahu protesters. We also featured a Latma-graphic investigation of a species – reporter — that was recently sighted in Israel years after it was considered extinct, and much, much more. Enjoy and share. Contact me at [email protected] if you’d like to support Latma.
05/15/2020
On Sunday, Saudi journalist Abdelhameed Al-Ghoban gave an interview to the BBC in Arabic. His remarks, which were translated by MEMRI, were devoid of nuance. “Today, the public is informed. There is a deluge [of opinions] against the Palestinian cause. It is no longer just public support for normalization and building ties with Israel. [Our] public has turned against the…
05/15/2020
This week I was happy to participate in a webinar sponsored by EMET- Endowment for Middle East Truth with my colleague and friend Melanie Phillips about the leftward shift of the American Jewish leadership. Here’s the video of our event.
05/08/2020
There is a landmine on the road to Israeli sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria. It must be defused before it blows up Israel’s efforts to secure its national interests and takes President Donald Trump’s peace plan, and U.S.-Israel relations along with it. The landmine is not an actual explosive charge but the clique of unelected lawyers at…
05/08/2020
Americans considering the contents of the documents that have been released over the past several days regarding the investigation and prosecution of President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Gen. Michael Flynn are right to greet them with a mixture of anger and fear. But they should also feel lucky. To understand why, it is worth considering the parallels between…