Can Ben Gvir improve on the electronic monitoring bill he voted down?
Fury raged in the plenum on 22 March as women called out “shame” and wove their hands in the air holding aloft electronic shackles during Ben Gvir’s speech in the Knesset regarding the opposition bill to institute electronic monitoring of those accused of domestic violence. The bill failed to pass the preliminary reading and Ben […]
Can we use the Lapid speech at Kohelet in 2016 as proof of his hypocrisy?
What is one to do when the side of an argument you support presents material that has been taken out of context and, therefore, gives a false impression? I think we have to do what we do when this happens when the side of an argument we do not support does this — we have […]
The Lapid Outline reminds me of two things, neither of them good.
Lapid has sort-of answered the call to offer his counterproposals to the coalition’s bills for judicial reform. He calls it: The Lapid Outline, and he posted it on his Facebook page. Let me translate it for you below. The Lapid Outline: Total cessation of the legislative process for 60 days before presenting the bill for […]
Lapid is right: The madness must stop
After the last Israeli coalition government collapsed, Yair Lapid became caretaker prime minister. Given that a successful incumbent prime minister often has a strong chance of reelection, Lapid likely thought that such moves as cutting a hasty maritime deal with Lebanon and Hezbollah would bring him victory. Instead, he was defeated by Benjamin Netanyahu. Now […]
What does the Nation State Law Actually Say?
All hell broke loose on 19 July 2018 when the Knesset passed the bill at its third reading and we saw the birth of the Nation State Law. There were demonstrations across the country protesting what was claimed to officially cement Israel’s minority populations as having second-class status. The Arabs were out in protest. About […]