Ravit Hecht

Analysis For Netanyahu, it's more than a strategic issue. It will determine his political and legal survival, and perhaps most importantly, the legacy he hopes to leave behind

It's no coincidence that Benjamin Netanyahu presses the Nazi comparison button in relation to Iran: See under the cheap and hollow comparison that the prime minister draws from Auschwitz to Fordow.

For Netanyahu's Followers, Most of Whom Knew Nothing About the Supreme Court Justices' Existence or Their Work a Few Years Ago and Are Still Clueless About It, They Are Enemies and Traitors

Lapid Deserves a Kind Word for Facing the Polling Crisis and Incessant Criticism Over His Conduct as Opposition Chairman. But He Knows How to Harness His Party for Good. Fellow Opposition Leader Eisenkot Can Cut His Losses and Join the ex-PMs' New Party, Beyahad

Ravit Hecht (via Haaretz.com) Lapid deserves a kind word for facing the polling crisis and incessant criticism over his conduct as opposition chairman.

Analysis Although the union between Bennett and Lapid moves the opposition bloc in a positive direction, Eisenkot's belief that he will force both their hands could ignite an internal war of the kind that led to the current nightmare

Ravit Hecht (via Haaretz.com) Although the union between Bennett and Lapid moves the opposition bloc in a positive direction, Eisenkot's belief that

Public opinion polls are static, and no one is predicting a victory for Netanyahu in the election. This doesn't mean that he is finished.

Analysis Politicians like Benny Gantz, Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper are trying to win over Israelis who are fed up with the societal rift and want a unity government. But center-of-the-center initiatives often collapse when met with reality

There Are Many Religious Zionists, Including Right-wing Ones, Who Have Trouble Swallowing the Party's Consent to an ultra-Orthodox Draft-dodging Bill, Even in Exchange for the Free Hand It Has Received in the West Bank and the Government's Unprecedented Support of the Settlements