Sami Peretz

What did the Netanyahu government hope to achieve when, on January 4, 2023, Justice Minister Yariv Levin unveiled the "first stage" of his judicial coup?

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The shock and trauma of the terrible failure of October 7 should have forced Israel's government to focus on the war and minimize the damage that

Replacing a defense minister in wartime is a very serious step, but no less serious and twisted is the rationale for doing it, namely to advance

The new stage that began this week in the fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon could very well continue for a long time, amid a gradual escalation

After fighting in Gaza for the past year, Israel's 36th Division is now operating in south Lebanon.

"I very much hope that in the weeks ahead we will be able to arrange it – that yeshiva students will be able to sit and learn undisturbed and without problems about draft notices."

The reasons Benjamin Netanyahu gave for wanting to delay testifying in his trial sound logical: In recent months he was busy dealing with several

This has been one of the most stressful months for Israel's economy, in the lead-up to the Knesset approving and passing the state budget for 2025.

The government of the October 7 failure is managing to survive and advance an agenda that is deleterious to Israeli democracy thanks to two egregious political errors by the opposition.