After two years and a half of political crisis and four elections that have all ended in Netanyahu’s failure to form a right wing government, Yair Lapid succeeded in obtaining the consent of 61 deputees in order to form a…
After the cease-fire
After 11 days of war, Hamas and Israel accepted a cease-fire that put an end to this new round of violence, the sixth one since Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005. It took the personal involvement of President…
Hamas votes for Netanyahu
rockets launched on the center of Israel During the last 3 days, Hamas already launched hundreds of rockets on Israel and incendiary balloons on fields contiguous with Gaza. Sderot and Ashkelon are not the only targets of these attacks any…
Is Netanyahu’s era over ?
drawing by Biderman Haaretz Netanyahu has not been able to form a government after the four weeks granted by President Reuven Rivlin. In spite of all his last maneuvers to attempt convincing Naphtali Bennett, Gideon Saar or Benny Gantz to…
Political blockade in the Knesset – season 4
drawing by Biderman Haaretz On April 5th, President Rivlin received the delegations of the 13 lists that crossed the minimum electoral threshhold, in order to ask them which candidate they chose to form the new government, following the fourth round…
Israeli election : Will the fourth round be the right one?
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Could we apply Einstein’s quote to the electoral situation in Israel ? In less than two weeks, Israelis will go back to the polls for the fourth…
J-Link Statement on the Vaccination of Palestinians
J-Link, the international network of progressive Jewish organizations, joins Israeli NGO’s and international organizations in advocating that Israel supply COVID vaccines to Palestinians in the West Bank. What threatens the health and economy of Palestinians also threatens Israeli citizens, including…
Bibi or not Bibi
Drawing from Biderman in Ha’aretz. It is written on the sign : “I am the 4000th dead” In two months, Israel will vote again for the fourth time in two years. This new election will cost billions shekels, while the…
From one election to the next
Donald Trump needed more than 3 weeks to admit Joe Biden’s victory, and even so, he keeps saying that the election had been fraudulent, which none of the investigations conducted so far has confirmed. If Biden’s victory is undisputable on…
Our Challenge for 2019: Pursuing Amos Oz’s Commitments
In order ro convey a sense of history, it is always a good thing to look back. A year ago, at the start of 2018, our New Year’s mail was entitled: “New year, new challenges”. One year later, this challenges…
Facing antisemitism: miss nothing
We are witnessing now a widespread increase of antisemitism in the world. It would be irresponsible to ignore it. Since JCall’s creation in 2010, we have always been alert to that situation. Fighting for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement based on the…
There are still judges in Jerusalem !
On October 18th, the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to allow Lara Alqasem, a young American student of Palestinian origin, to enter Israel in order to complete her year of study at the University of Jerusalem, was a triumph of reason…
We won’t give up !
According to the Jewish tradition, we usually say on Rosh Hashana’s eve: « May the year end with its curses and begin with its blessings. » In fact, the past year has been deeply worrisome for all those who are, like…
Boycott is the best ally of the Israeli right
Last week, the cancelling of the football match between Argentina and Israel scheduled on June 9th hit the headlines in Israel and the Palestinian territories. “A victory of terrorism’, according to some, a slap on the face of Israel, for…
Gaza…what’s next ?
“We may forgive the Arabs for killing our children but we cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children”: this tweet was posted by the CRIF on May 15th, following the recent events in Gaza. Even though no…