By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Israel lost 2-1 in Greece yesterday, seriously mitigating their chances to qualify for the World Cup next summer in South Africa. They are now behind Latvia, Switzerland, and Greece in Europe’s Group 2.
Ha’aretz called the loss a “Greek Tragedy.”
Nuclear talks with Iran are resuming. Absent from the table will be the United States, which dropped out of the nuclear deal in 2018.
Sometimes a single truth, belatedly discovered, can change one’s world view with surprising swiftness.
Five days after the U.S. elections, my husband and I enjoyed a rare Pilates class between lockdowns.
In every Israeli election since 2015—we’ve had four now, and in 2021 are headed toward a fifth—the average Israeli voter has one main thing in mind when he or she decides whom to vote for: Do I want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep his job?
The latest news came late last week. Morocco has joined the growing list of Arab countries upgrading their relations with Israel. This list now includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.
Despite a failed reelection campaign, Donald Trump and his team registered several notable gains this election season. Trump slightly increased the share of Black and Hispanic Americans voting for him, alongside an impressive turnout from a small but well-organized subgroup: Orthodox Jews. According to polls and estimates, more than 80 percent of Orthodox Jews cast their vote for Trump, making them one of his most approving constituencies in the nation.
“The incitement and rhetoric did not come from all sides. In Israel, incitement reads from right to left.”
One of Donald Trump’s favorite lines when addressing Jewish American or Israeli listeners, is that if he ran for office in Israel, he’d get “98 percent” of the votes.
He’s not exaggerating by much.
