Netanyahu
Iran is playing a dangerous game
A drone exploded in a sleepy Israeli seaside town yesterday. The target of the attack was Benjamin Netanyahu. By luck,…
Israel’s Iron Prime Minister
At home, the left sees him as cynical, conniving and corrupt; while the right sees him as tired, weak and…
Netanyahu’s war on lawyers has thrown Israel into turmoil
Chaos reigns in Israel, a country in the throes of an ad hoc general strike called by trade unions, university…
Bibi’s comeback
Is a return to power in Netanyahu’s grasp?
The Bennett plan
The nationalist millionaire poised to topple Netanyahu
Netanyahu’s departure would be good news for Israel
Time is running out for Bibi Netanyahu. In the next couple of days, the fate of Israel’s next government will…
Bibi is back
Is Benjamin Netanyahu’s time up? A fortnight ago, it seemed so. Netanyahu’s mandate for forming a coalition expired. The opportunity was handed instead…
Letter from Israel
Jerusalem Thomas Friedman has a lot to answer for. The New York Times’s oracle has ruined, through overuse in his…
Can Iran help keep King Bibi in power?
Benjamin Netanyahu has a problem: he doesn’t have sufficient support to form a coalition. With 20 days left to complete…
A shot at success
The vaccine has arrived at just the right time for the Israeli PM
Notes from Jerusalem: Everyone is in love with Donald Trump
‘Trump Make Israel Great’ reads the banner on the deserted hotel next to the new American embassy in Jerusalem. Unlike…
Netanyahu’s triumph means a one-state Israel must soon choose democracy – or apartheid
There are many reasons political journalists get so many things so badly wrong. One is our tendency to overvalue liberal…
High life
New York If only my wordsmith friend Jeremy Clarke had been with me. What fun he’d have had with…
High life
There’s nothing to add to Martin Vander Weyer’s item about Hellas of two weeks ago in these here pages except…
Portrait of the week
Home The man seen in several Islamic State videos of hostages being beheaded, nicknamed Jihadi John by the British press,…
High life
The time-honoured saying that England’s great battles have been won on the playing fields of Eton is a lot of…
