How active are first-time Knesset members as law-makers?
This is a follow-up to a recent article in which I showed the kinds of laws proposed by MK Itamar Ben Gvir of Otzma Yehudit, the purpose of which was to give some indication...
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Soon everyone will be able to enter the Cave of the Patriarchs
Perhaps you do not know that the Cave of the Patriarchs — Maarat Hamachpelah — is not accessible to all. While everyone is permitted to enter the holy site at which Abraham, Isaac and...
No Jews, no news! Corollary: Oh! It’s just them.
It is commonly recognized among those who are fighting the anti-Israel propaganda machines that if Jews cannot be accused of being perpetrators of a specific instance of harm, then perpetration of that specific instance...
I wish Bibi success but did he have to plagiarize Bennett?
After all, Bibi’s success is OUR success. In a Facebook post, I accused Netanyahu of hypocrisy because of one part of what he said in his excellent Rabin Memorial Day speech at the Knesset,...
What racist laws did MK Ben Gvir propose in the 24th Knesset?
Convicted in 2007 of incitement to racism and supporting a terrorist organization (Kach), it is legitimate to see MK Itamar Ben Gvir as a racist or at least it was once legitimate. He was...
Terror in Kiryat Arba: What do our political party leaders say about murdered and injured Jews?
Coming out of Shabbat last night, we were greeted by news of a shooting attack that took place in a neighbourhood near a security gate between Kiryat Arba and Hebron that had, until last...
The opposition missed the chance to turn things around for Israel
For a people with a history measured in thousands of years, why are contemporary Israeli politicians thinking in terms of two years, four years, six months? Based on the behaviour of the opposition leader...
Ariel Danino: Arrested getting out of car while Jewish
Ariel Danino lives in the outpost of Kumi Ori next to Yizhar. You may not agree with those setting up outposts across Judea-Samaria, but you should not confine your reading to what is written...
