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The Israeli Elections and What We Can Learn from History

by Yoav J. Tenembaum

To understand the Israeli electoral process one has to delve more deeply into Israeli society and the way it has evolved.

Tectonic Shifts in Attitudes toward Israel

by Daniel Pipes

As Arabs and Muslims warm to Israel, the Left grows colder. These shifts imply one great imperative for the Jewish state.

Yuval Noah Harari: Netanyahu's Government Threatens Foundations of Israel's Liberal Democracy

Best-selling Israeli author tells French weekly Le Point that he doesn't feel comfortable "being an official representative of the Israeli government because I have an issue with its current politics."

Amid criticism of Poland Holocaust deal, PM says he’ll "listen to historians"

Netanyahu defends controversial joint statement with Warsaw; says 'goal has been achieved' since clauses of law that deterred free research on Holocaust have been abolished.

It’s right to condemn Mahmoud Abbas for his antisemitic remarks

by Jonathan Freedland

Supporting someone’s cause also means calling them out when they are wrong. The Palestinian leader’s views on Jews and the Holocaust are unacceptable.

Netanyahu accuses Palestinian president of antisemitism

Abbas accused by US and Israel of stirring religious hatred in speech blaming Jewish role in banking for historical massacres.

Macron, Netanyahu mark 75 years since France's roundup of Jews

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday marked 75 years since the roundup of some 13,000 Jews to be sent to Nazi death camps, calling France's responsibility a "stark truth" at a ceremony attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu Finally Has the President He Wants. History Suggests There Will Still Be Problems.

by Ronald L. Feinman

Since 1948 the Israeli-American relationship has had many ups and downs. Expect this to continue.

Netanyahu on Holocaust: 'Hypocrisy is screaming to the sky'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem memorial, warned that anti-Semitism and apathy to cruelty remain a critical global problem.

Trump plots to keep Palestinians Stateless forever

by Juan Cole

The Trump-Netanyahu Show on Wednesday was par for the course in American and right wing Israeli discourse about the Palestinians.

Netanyahu announces ‘seminar on Jewish history’ in his office– for European diplomats

High Israeli officials have lectured Europeans in recent days over their supposedly false understanding of Jewish history, especially as that history applies to the Israeli claim to have annexed Jerusalem.

The Real History Behind Netanyahu's Holocaust Comments

by Brent Scher

An interview with Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz

Netanyahu standing by his comments as scholars blast his sources

by Raphael Ahren

He relies on the statements of a Nazi who was trying to deflect blame from Hitler and himself to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem after the war.

Netanyahu, Husseini, and the Historians

by Jeffrey Herf

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments about Haj Amin al-Husseini's impact on Hitler's decision-making about the Final Solution in Europe do not stand up to the consensus of historical research.

Netanyahu Draws Broad Criticism After Saying a Palestinian Inspired Holocaust

Israeli historians and opposition politicians joined Palestinians in denouncing the Israeli prime minister for saying the grand mufti of Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea of annihilating Jews.

Critic: Michael Oren shouldn’t have published his memoirs this soon

by Elliott Abrams

The memoir blasts Barack Obama but pulls its punches elsewhere.

Opposition to Iran deal makes for some strange bedfellows

by Jonathan Zimmerman

The Iran deal hasn't simply united Israel's political parties; it has also brought Israel into accord with most of its Arab neighbor.

No, Mr. Netanyahu, Iran isn’t trying to Take over the world & it isn’t ISIL

by Juan Cole

5 reasons why we should believe Iran is not trying to take over the world, contrary to claims of Mr. Netanyahu.

Why I Prefer a Right-wing Government in Israel over a Left-wing Coalition even though I’m Left-wing

by Ahron Bregman

"I believe that only a right-wing government could possibly make the concessions that would allow a Palestinian state to emerge."

The Most Rightwing Government in Israel’s History

by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir

To stay in power Netanyahu has had to cut corrupt deals with rightwing fanatics.