The Likud Is Dead: And So Is Politics
When the present writer states that the Likud Party is dead, the sensible reader will understand that I am speaking metaphorically. The Likud is “dead”...
Category : Parties And Personalities
A Legacy of Betrayal
I think any person that joins or votes Likud because it is reputed to be a Zionist party has been deceived or, if he or...
Israel’s Existential Dilemma
Edited transcript of the Eidelberg Report, Israel National Radio, November 30, 2009. With a note of thanks to Eleonora Shifrin, Executive Director of the Foundation...
The Likud: A Dead Man Walking
The Likud is a dead man walking, and no one can enliven that intellectually sterile party. This means that political Zionism is dead. It died...
An American Patriot in Israel
More than forty years have elapsed since I wrote “The Crisis of Our Times,” which was printed in The Congressional Record (U.S. Senate, July 31,...
A Thought Experiment for Right-Thinking People
Suppose Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu had campaigned for the premiership by advocating the “two-state solution,” hence a Palestinian state. The Likud would surely have won...
“You Can’t Make A Crooked Line Straight”
The Sages say, “You can’t make a crooked line straight.” This prompted the present writer to warn a reputedly right-minded organization against joining the Likud...
The February Knesset Elections
The press reports that 43 parties are registered to run in Israel’s February 10, 2009 Knesset elections. This absurd phenomenon is the direct consequence of...
Democracy and the Secret “Rule of Law” in Israel
There is much misunderstanding in the Diaspora and even in Israel about Israel’s system of government—an assortment of institutions that endow a few men with...
Treason and Multiparty Cabinet Government
The present writer is repeatedly asked to discuss the pernicious character of Israel’s system of multiparty cabinet government. Many concerned citizens appalled by a political...