The Ilhan Omar fuss wasn’t the Democrats’ Corbyn moment—but U.K. Labour provides a warning of what to avoid.
Gershom Gorenberg
Gershom Gorenberg is a senior correspondent for the Prospect. His most recent book is War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis From the Middle East. Follow him on Twitter @GershomG.
Right, Left, Right
The leading challenger to Netanyahu may be electable. But he’s a Never Bibi rightist.Â
BDS: The Symbiosis of Enemies
The boycott movement and its loudest opponents blur the line between Israel and the West Bank.
Will the Candidate Be Indicted? Voters Must Know.
With just three months to elections in Israel, the country needs to know if Benjamin Netanyahu will be charged.Â
Why They Don’t Like Tzipi Livni
It might just have to do with her pronoun.
The Allegation: Netanyahu Wanted the Best Image Power Could Buy
By allegedly subverting the free press, he showed why it is so essential.
Airbnb Quit the Settlement Business. If Only Israel Would.
The Netanyahu government response to the company pulling out of the West Bank is insane, incompetent, or both.Â
Netanyahu’s Saudi Fantasy
Like Likud leaders before him, the Israeli prime minister thinks he can redesign the Middle East.
Apropos Those Bombs: Netanyahu Says He Had Nothing to Do with Rabin’s Assassination
The more a leader stokes the hate, the less he can claim that he couldn’t have imagined the results.
For the Left, No Hope Means No Votes
Netanyahu is likely to win Israel’s next election because the left fails to challenge the raw emotions of anger and fear.Â

