Shmuel Rosner

Israelis view themselves as fighting for survival, just, fair, moral and brave, while the rest of the world sees something else entirely, viewing Israel as a country that has lost its brakes, destabilizing the order and running amok without justification.

With the U.S. and Iran signing a ceasefire deal that limits Israel's options, the Israeli prime minister is facing a most difficult moment during an election year.

Right-wing voters view themselves as ideologues driven by core issues and substance, not by the admiration for a single politician.

For 75 years, Israeli prime ministers, left and right, kept American politics out of their statecraft. Netanyahu ended that tradition. The bill is coming due.

This week’s “Constitutional Crisis” is typical of the way the government operates. It issues a statement, or a tweet and then walks it back. Oops, we did not mean it. Or rather, we did, but we also meant to deny that we did.

Do you want to convince Jews, and the world, that Zionism is a cause worth supporting? Explain what “Zionism” is, and perhaps it will turn out that the world is actually on our side.

Coalition supporters want to define Eisenkot as a leftist because leftist is a title most Israelis do not want their Prime Minister to hold. But this definition has inherent limitations.

As Netanyahu visits Trump, Israelis look to Washington with wearier eyes. What does the future hold for the relationship?

This war over narrative won't just be between Israel and Hamas. It will also be an internal war over the narrative as Israel's election is getting closer.

These countries plotted – or at least one of them plotted – to advance peace agreements with Israel simply to lull it to sleep ahead of a war at a more convenient time. Or so the “sources” say.