Showing posts with label Martin Kramer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martin Kramer. Show all posts

Saturday, December 28, 2024

The accountable leader from Golda to Bibi

 


The accountable leader from Golda to Bibi

During these days in April, fifty years ago, Israel was engulfed in turmoil.

Israel must never stand alone

 


Israel must never stand alone

Israeli politicians often assert that Israel can and will “defend itself by itself,” a longstanding formula dating back decades. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeated it often. But he’s added an amplification: Israel will do so “even if we must stand alone.”

Bibi’s evolving Hamas story

 


Bibi’s evolving Hamas story

Last November, I asked this question: why didn’t Benjamin Netanyahu keep his 2009 campaign promise to topple Hamas? I found at least part of the answer in his 2022 memoir, Bibi: My Story.