Eylon A. Levy
By Eylon A. Levy
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Opinion Trump’s peace plan is a crossroads. The next move belongs to Gantz.
In 2003, George W. Bush presented Israel with a roadmap. In 2020, Donald Trump presented Israel with a crossroads. Trump’s plan is not a sign pointing forward but a milestone marking two different directions: one points to a one-state dystopia, and the other to a two-state reality on terms favorable to Israel; one points to…
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Opinion Don’t ask if Trump’s plan ends the occupation – ask if it shrinks it
Trump’s forthcoming peace plan for Israel and Palestine will not look like what you expect a peace plan to look like. There will be no handshake in the White House Rose Garden, at least not between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. There will be no flowery words about turning swords into ploughshares, and no promise of…
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Opinion Sorry, Gantz: Israel Is Heading To A Third Election. A Conversation With Ehud Olmert
Benny Gantz has now been given the mandate to form a government, and the clock is ticking. He is pledging to form a liberal unity government and warning that the Israeli public will not forgive anyone who refuses to join and drags the country into third elections in the space of just one year. But…
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Opinion Horrified By That Eurovision Promo? Welcome To Israeli Humor!
On Friday morning, Israelis woke to a new controversial music video hyping the Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Israel next week. ? This is the land of honey, honey! Let Lucy and Elia take you in a musical journey throughout the most important parts of Israel. We promise you won’t regret it!…
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Opinion 9 Ways The International Community Is Being Hypocritical Over Jerusalem
President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has provoked virtually universal international opposition. Jerusalem, diplomats agreed, is a final-status issue that should not be so recklessly pre-empted with unilateral declarations. But here are nine ways in which the international community is being hypocritical over Jerusalem: 1. Jerusalem is already recognized in practice as Israel’s…
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Opinion How Israel Got It Right On Monuments
On Tel Aviv’s Frishman Beach stands a statue of Israel’s founding father, David Ben Gurion — on its head. Wearing only blue briefs branded ‘Tel Aviv’, Israel’s first prime minister performs a handstand in the sand in the iconic pose made famous in a photograph from 1955. This flippant tribute to Ben Gurion is the…
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