Benny Gantz

Chutzpah! Netanyahu Playing Arab Card to win Israel’s ‘Jewish’ Election

Friday, March 19, 2021 at 6:53 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

In previous elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cast Arab voters as a peril, warning they were ‘heading to the polling stations in droves.’ He threatened two years ago to mount cameras at the polls in Arab communities — a move critics said was meant to suppress turnout — and he has disparaged elected Arab… Read more.

Netanyahu and Gantz Form Unity Government. What, to Fight Israeli Civil War…?

Monday, May 18, 2020 at 6:51 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

I know. But Abraham Lincoln’s famous warning about a house divided against itself came immediately to mind when I read this: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new unity government was sworn in Sunday, cementing a fragile political alliance with former rival Benny Gantz to end more than one year of political stalemate in the country.… Read more.