After weeks of almost radio silence, which had engendered criticism from political opponents as well as potential supporters, former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Ga...
It hasn’t been two weeks since an election date was announced in Israel, but a sufficient number of “big bangs” have taken place to fill several election campai...
The healthy presence of Arab-Israeli parties in the Knesset is an enduring challenge for major parties of the center-left. In order to win and form a coalition,...
It has become increasingly clear that sometime next year Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely be indicted for bribery. The police have now recommended ...
Can Benjamin Netanyahu lose?
To most experts, the answer has been a definitive and resounding no since the 2015 election, when Likud came back from behind to...
Events in recent weeks suggest that Israel and Arab states in the region, despite the albatross of the conflict with the Palestinians, are seeking warmer relati...
In the increasingly overwrought imaginations of some alarmists and cynical political actors, a destructive threat has been allowed to penetrate Israel’s borders...
Feverish speculation about imminent coalition collapses and new elections are commonplace in Israeli politics. Sometimes they are warranted by the facts, and in...
A fair, or even a merely sentient, observer of Israeli politics will surely conclude that the country’s right-wing is ascendant as Benjamin Netanyahu approaches...
The announced end of American assistance to UNRWA and the subsequent closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Washington office should end whatever re...
Abe Silberstein is a Contributing Writer for IPF's Matzav. His work on Israeli politics and U.S.-Israel relations has appeared in Ha'aretz, The Forward, The Jerusalem Post, and +972 Magazine. He lives in New York City.
