07/07/2023
Why is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting China? Just how involved in the Middle East is China today? To explore Sino-Israeli relations following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announced state visit to Beijing, my guest this week on the Caroline Glick show is Carice Witte. Witte is the founder and executive director of SIGNAL Global, an Israeli think tank that focuses…
10/30/2019
On Sunday, press freedom in Israel effectively ended, at least for some. Sunday evening, the police and State Attorney’s Office divulged that they are conducting a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top media advisors Jonatan Urich and Ofer Golan. The two are suspects and police investigators have seized their cellphones. Then on Monday, police revealed that two…
10/20/2019
The ongoing criminal probes against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhahu are reaching their climax. After conducting a marathon four-day pre-indictment hearing for Netanyahu earlier this month, Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit reportedly intends to complete his review of the state prosecution’s cases and decide whether to indict Israel’s longest-serving prime minister by the end of next month. The main charges…
09/20/2019
When Israel Beitenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman abruptly resigned his position as Defense Minister last November and started the countdown to the Knesset elections in April, he plunged Israel into a state of political instability. Following the April elections, by refusing to serve in a government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and so forcing Israel into a second election,…
09/19/2019
The US media coverage of the Israeli election has misrepresented the results of Tuesday’s vote. This isn’t necessarily deliberate. Israeli elections are inscrutable for most foreigners, particularly for Americans who are used to the clarity of the presidential system and two-party system. Here are a few of basic facts about how the vote has gone, and where Israel is likely…
09/13/2019
US National Security Advisor John Bolton’s departure from the White House has been the source of considerable concern in Israel. For decades, the veteran diplomat and former UN ambassador has been among the most powerful supporters of a strong US-Israel alliance in Washington. During his tenure as President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor, Bolton worked steadily on expanding US-Israel…
02/14/2018
The Israeli police investigation against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows remarkable similarities with the Special Counsel probe against President Donald Trump in the United States. During the prime time news broadcasts Tuesday evening in Israel, the dramatic news was announced that Israel Police investigators are recommending that Israel’s Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery…
02/11/2018
On Wednesday night Israelis received yet another demonstration of the country’s desperate need for legal reform. The media in Israel – like their counterparts in the US – tout themselves as democracy’s watchdogs. But on Wednesday night, we saw once again that our fiercest journalists are actually the lapdogs of our unelected legal fraternity, whose members share their hatred for…
09/27/2017
I was live with Avi Abelow in my dining room discussing the latest terror attack against the backdrop of the new accord between Hamas and the PLO and US envoy Jason Greenblatt’s visit. We also discussed the Kurdish independence referendum as well as the rise of the far right in Germany.
06/20/2017
More insights from Washington D.C. on Israel, the Trump administration, the US Embassy not YET moving to Jerusalem and also a bit about Iran.