The real threat to Israeli democracy

The huge demonstrations that continue in Israel and turned violent this week are fueled by the claim that the government’s judicial reform package spells the end of Israeli democracy. Read more

Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers

In terms of the amount of coverage it has received in the media, the most important event in the Middle East in the last week was a riot carried out by Jews that took place in the town of Huwara following a terrorist attack committed by Palestinian Arabs that took the lives of two young Jewish men. Read more

Netanyahu slams ‘explicit threat’ by protest leader to murder him

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night harshly criticised what he said was a “growing wave” of threats directed at himself and other officials, after a leader of the anti-government protests appeared to call for his assassination. Read more