Israel Diaries

Independent investigative journalism

Politics can be a well-orchestrated opera

What if our elected officials finally acted in Israel’s best interests? Is it possible that the theatrics we witnessed is just that — theatrics? As the new government arrangements came to light, after Benny Gantz stepped off the Speaker’s podium, as Lapid was ranting and raving, I was suddenly struck by a thought that changed […]

Zazim pressures Blue&White to give up on our JEWISH State

Zazim is a leftwing Israeli NGO. Some would call it a radical leftwing organization. I am less concerned with labels and more concerned with behaviours. Since I began following them, Zazim has been working hard to promote what they call Arab-Jewish partnership. I am all for Arab-Jewish partnership and for improving the conditions under which […]

Israeli PM Hopeful Benny Gantz Makes Himself a Stooge For Jew-Haters

Benny Gantz’s election campaign videos are being used by Electronic Intifada to tar and feather Israel. When this is your starting point: . . . Gantz, like Netanyahu, is accurately reflecting the desires and fantasies of an Israeli public that views the willingness to shed the blood of defenseless Palestinians caged in ghettos after decades […]