Posts Tagged: Shaul Mofaz
Dozens of Top IDF Officers Sign Letters Supporting Druze Protest Against Nation-State Law
Dozens of present and former top IDF officers have issued open letters opposing Israel’s new nation-state law and supporting the Druze and members of other minority communities...
Huffington Post Political Director: Two-State Solution is Dead, ‘the Settlers Have Won’
The two-state solution is dead and "It is now a matter of when, not if, the West Bank boils over into violent protests," write the...
Coalition Talks Continue as Israel Looks to Form New Government
Speculation as to what the next Israeli government will look like continues to be bandied about in Israeli media as there seems to be no...
Netanyahu Faces New Challenges
The unexpected election results have created daunting challenges for Prime Minister Netanyahu. Many Israelis dislike Netanyahu. He has personality deficiencies and, like every Israeli leader...
Kadima Expected to Meet Minimum Threshold
While Israel's election day Tuesday was stressful and nerve-wracking for most of its political candidates across the political spectrum, the pressure on the...
Kadima Party Leader: I Participated in Operational Discussions on Iran Strike
During discussions last summer over how to best handle Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak concluded that force was necessary....
Israeli Election Season: An Unedifying Spectacle
Most of us would be relieved if the election season could be considerably shortened. The worst aspects of our dysfunctional politics have been highlighted in...
Tzipi Livni: Israel’s Proud Cream Puff
Some leaders are cream puffs, but few are as proud of it as Tzipi Livni, who showed that she relishes being identified with cream puffs. Israel's...
With Israeli Election Season Officially Underway, Iran Takes Center Stage
Monday marked the official start of a short election season in Israel, with the country's Knesset legislative body enabling an early election in three months...
At Harvard, Tzipi Livni Offers ‘No Comment’ on Candidacy
CAMBRIDGE, MA—On the heels of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent announcement of early elections in Israel, Tzipi Livni must have known that question was coming. Headlining a...
Israeli Politicians and Media on a Rampage
In recent weeks, the ugly side of Israeli public life has been on display, with irresponsible politicians, supported by the sensationalist media, engaging in cheap...
Mofaz and Kadima Party Exit Historic Israeli Coalition
Nearly two months after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a deal with Shaul Mofaz of the Kadima party to form one of the most definitive majority coalitions...
Religion and the State of Israel at a Crossroads
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his new coalition partner, Shaul Mofaz, have pledged to introduce legislative reforms which will ensure that all Israeli...
The Great Divide: American Liberals Don’t Understand Israeli Politics
Israeli politics has been thrown into an uproar by the decision of the sinking Kadima Party and its leader Shaul Mofaz to throw in their...
