Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United States to reaffirm its commitment to Saudi Arabia and pledged to pursue formal Israeli ties with the Middle Eastern country for a “quantum leap” in peace, Al Arabiya English reports. The US-Saudi strategic partnership has frayed under US President Joe Biden’s administration and there has been […]

Why did the rhinoceroses, the rabbits and the hyenas get all upset? The Netanyahu/Ben-Gvir/Smotrich government represents an inevitable continuation of decades in which many Israelis in key positions could have demonstrated decency and responsibility, and chose not to do so. They inculcated and expanded concepts of abusive, exploitative Jewish supremacy, even when resistance and refusal […]

There was a delicious moment on Q+A last year, when the question of Israel came up, and the key panellists — Mark Dreyfus and Andrew Bragg — responded, almost in unison, that Israel “is not an apartheid state”. Singing from the same songbook. One wonders how long this will be possible with the formation of […]

Itamar Ben-Gvir, whose party helped prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power, praises Meir Kahane at memorial.   A far-right Israeli lawmaker, whose surging popularity helped propel former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power in last week’s general election, has delivered a glowing tribute at a memorial event for an extremist rabbi assassinated in […]

Oct 15, 2022  Israeli politician Itamar Ben Gvir urges cops to kill Palestinian protesters. Jessica Burbank, Helen Hong and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. “Ultra-nationalist Knesset Member Itamar Ben Gvir brandished a gun during a tour of an East Jerusalem neighborhood amid intense clashes between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians Thursday night, drawing fire […]