Hamas Has Found a New Place from Which to Shoot Missiles at Israel
With a little help from Hizballah and Turkey.
July 21, 2021
Israel’s Governing Coalition Struggles with Inexperience and Growing Pains
Bigger problems than the opposition.
Last week, one of the Bennett-Lapid government’s key bills failed to pass by a single vote—because the speaker of the Knesset accidentally voted the wrong way. Previously, an even more important piece of legislation, necessary to maintain the coalition, couldn’t be advanced due to the absence of a quorum. These were just two of several setbacks in the past week, and speak to the fragility of a fissiparous coalition with a thin majority in the Knesset. But that’s not the only reason for these woes, explains Haviv Rettig Gur:
July 21, 2021
Israel’s Governing Coalition Struggles with Inexperience and Growing Pains
Bigger problems than the opposition.
Following the U.S. Withdrawal, Iran Sees New Opportunities in Afghanistan
Could it seek to create a new Iraq or Syria?
What’s Copper from the Negev Doing in 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Statues?
And what the discovery says about Israel in the time of King David.
A Novelist, a Poet, a Son, and a Certain Kind of Ambiguous Jew
Sigmund Freud over the Holy One of Israel.