Politics Israeli-style
October 28, 2021 by Ron Weiser
All opinion polls show that Likud voters, by very large margins, prefer to keep Netanyahu as leader and stay in opposition, rather than go back into government, but with someone else in the top position. Read more
Israel’s government functioning
September 17, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Prime Minister Bennett has now been in office for three months and the sky has not fallen. Read more
So far, so good
August 19, 2021 by Ron Weiser
The Israeli government coalition of eight parties, where not only can any one party bring the government down, but even a disaffected individual MK is able to do so, has survived its first two months. Read more
Almost a month in – Israel’s latest government
July 8, 2021 by Ron Weiser
And they said it couldn’t last……… Read more
The closing of an era?
June 10, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Barring last-minute surprises, this Sunday will see the closing of an era. Read more
The Kashrut of Israeli politics
May 6, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Fifty years ago this year, I first joined the Zionist Council of NSW as a youth movement representative and in all of these years, I have never written an article or opinion piece about kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) or more particularly, kosher certification. Until now. Read more
73rd birthday and 73% of Israel’s population is Jewish
April 22, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Israel at 73 years, an amazing feat. Read more
Israeli election: First thoughts
March 24, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Whilst this is being written immediately post-election with incomplete results, there are a few things we can say. Read more
Will Netanyahu be caught in a downpour?
February 17, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Predicting the end of Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as Prime Minister of Israel is like predicting the coming of rain during a drought. You know it has to come sometime, but the question is when? Read more
Netanyahu: the politician, the man
January 11, 2021 by Ron Weiser
Prime Minister Netanyahu has suddenly shifted the goalposts and his political future may depend on how his imaginative and daring initiative shapes up. Read more
Political parties, political games
December 16, 2020 by Ron Weiser
Although it is Chanukah, it very much seems as if we are witnessing a Purim spiel in two arenas. Read more
The upcoming administration
November 19, 2020 by Ron Weiser
President Rivlin and Prime Minister Netanyahu have both spoken with President-elect Joe Biden and for the first time have referred to him with that descriptor. Read more
Understanding contemporary Mid-East politics
October 23, 2020 by Ron Weiser
Direct Etihad passenger flights to Israel; the formation of Kosher Arabia which will apparently make it easier to get kosher food in Abu Dhabi and Dubai than in Sydney or Melbourne; a public sukkah in front of the world-famous Burj Khalifa Tower; and normalisation with Sudan around the corner. Read more
The two faces of Israel
September 15, 2020 by Ron Weiser
It’s quite amazing how the State of Israel at this moment in time, has become a mirror image of the two sides of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s operating styles. Read more
Zionism is in good shape
August 9, 2020 by Ron Weiser
Almost everywhere one turns today, there are debates about the condition Zionism is in. Read more
Two worlds in Israel
July 26, 2020 by Ron Weiser
In Israel we currently see two worlds clashing. Read more
Two leaders, two styles
June 22, 2020 by Ron Weiser
It would be hard to find two more contrasting leadership styles than those of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister/Prime Minister in waiting, Benny Gantz. Read more
Annexation: who will play the lead roles?
May 24, 2020 by Ron Weiser
We stand just weeks after celebrating that the Balfour Declaration of 1917 moved from a statement of British intent to the legal process of affirmation of the Jewish Homeland at the San Remo Conference in April 1920 – and its then formal ratification by the League of Nations. Read more
A look at the upcoming Knesset
May 11, 2020 by Ron Weiser
Well, if nothing changes between now and Wednesday, we will finally see an actual Israeli government being sworn in. Read more
Unprecedented
April 5, 2020 by Ron Weiser
When people discussed the need for Israel to finally form some sort of unity government after three election attempts in order to deal with real matters of government, almost no-one imagined that as Bill Gates had predicted already in 2015 – the next danger facing mankind would not be something as big as a nuclear bomb, but rather something as small as the coronavirus. Read more
Election number three – What was different?
March 7, 2020 by Ron Weiser
Exit polls, having twice underestimated Prime Minister Netanyahu and his block’s number of Knesset seats in April 2019 and September 2019, now overestimated them. Read more
The ‘Deal of the Century’ – the Weiser view
February 10, 2020 by Ron Weiser
There has been a consistent pattern to the “peace process” for 100 years from when the Palestine Arab Executive Committee met in 1921 and declared – “Either us or the Zionists. There is no room for both” Read more
Image and perception – beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
January 22, 2020 by Ron Weiser
Devastating drought and bushfires in Australia and extreme flooding in Israel. Read more
A disappointing end to 2019
December 12, 2019 by Ron Weiser
Well, the unthinkable has happened. Read more
It’s always great to be in Israel
November 6, 2019 by Ron Weiser
It’s always great to be in Israel. Read more
On Israel’s dependence on USA, its next PM and a report on settlements
October 16, 2019 by Ron Weiser
Just as it is wrong of those who criticise everything President Trump says and does just because it comes from him, likewise it is wrong for his supporters to blindly praise or try and explain away, a very poor decision and/or action. Read more
The Israeli election: as I see it
September 19, 2019 by Ron Weiser
It seems that in those countries where conservatives win elections, opinion polls and exit polling are proving less accurate. Think about Trump in the US, or Morrison here in Australia. Or Israel. Perhaps conservative voters are less likely to publicise their intentions. Read more
In a class of his own
August 28, 2019 by Ron Weiser
We are seeing a rerun of the April 2019 Israeli elections but with one big difference, this time round we will have a government formed. Read more
“Either us or the Zionists. There is no room for both.”
August 6, 2019 by Ron Weiser
The Palestinians have only themselves to blame for unifying the bulk of the Israeli public and for not being a hot issue of division in the forthcoming Israeli elections. Read more
Bleak future for Jewish Europe and life goes on in Israel
July 12, 2019 by Ron Weiser
The amazing thing about coming to Israel, perhaps especially in summer, is that for all of the fears that people outside of Israel have for her, apparently Israelis themselves are not troubled nearly as much as her supporters overseas are. Read more
