Israeli Likud lawmaker appears to call on party to replace Netanyahu – Israel Politics

The Likud party, from the “top of the pyramid down to the last MKs,” bears “heavy responsibility” for the party’s poor performance in the polls, and must make a collective decision on how to improve the situation, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein said during an interview on Channel 12 on … Read more

‘The Only Woman in the Room’: A feminist biography of Golda Meir – Israel Politics

Pnina Lahav’s book The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power tells Golda’s story through “the lens of gender.”  When Israel’s Declaration of Independence was signed, only two of the 37 signatories were women – Rachel Kagan and Golda Meir. This is symbolic of the profound difficulty that women … Read more

Is Israel’s emergency government falling apart? – Israel Politics

National Unity MK Matan Kahana discussed the contentious issue of admitting Palestinian laborers from Judea and Samaria in an interview on 103FM Tuesday morning. Kahana acknowledged the complexity of the matter, stating, “It is clear that in times of war, our priority is to protect ourselves as effectively as possible.” He also expressed the … Read more