In an About Face, Israel’s Most Secular Politician Urges Cooperation With Orthodox Parties To Oust Netanyahu
Avigdor Liberman now calls for compromising with Haredi politicians who demand exemption for religious scholars.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.
Avigdor Liberman now calls for compromising with Haredi politicians who demand exemption for religious scholars.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
Yemeni group reportedly tried to strike Saudi target – after demanding $51 billion to cease hostilities.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
His father brokered successful 1984 post-election leadership deal that may be difficult to repeat.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
Both sides are risking a ‘March of Follies scenario, in which we make bad decisions knowing they’re bad decisions,’ an Israeli author tells the Sun.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
‘They stole the elections,’ Prime Minister Netanyahu writes.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
‘The president might separately invite Eisenkot and Bibi to his residence to feel them out and see if there’s any way for them to unite,’ a political analyst says.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
Trump, who reportedly favors a unity government, says the Israeli premier is ‘probably winning or tied.’
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
‘You can see that the people of Israel want change, though the numbers now seem very confusing,’ an opposition operative tells the Sun.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
‘It’s impossible to steal elections in Israel, but it is possible to try to undermine their legitimacy,’ an election official says.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
Total turnout is projected to be more than 70 percent of eligible voters.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
‘Reports of disagreements between the political leadership and the IDF regarding Iran are completely baseless and false,’ Defense Minister Israel Katz says.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign
A rare loss of narrative control by a politician known for his command of the television medium comes just days ahead of Israel’s national elections.
By BENNY AVNI
||Foreign