Eetta Prince-Gibson is a former Washington Post special correspondent and the editor in chief of The Jerusalem Report from 2007 to 2012.
On Tuesday, scores of women volunteers crisscrossed the dusty roads of Israel's southern Negev desert to bring hundreds of Bedouin women from remote villages to their polling stations.
For most leaders, and in most countries, red carpet affairs are fairly staid and uneventful, following set protocols. But to state the obvious, neither Trump nor Israel's leaders are like most.
Israeli leaders are thrilled to hear Trump's vitriol against Iran, but also worry his deals will cause their country to lose its edge.
The unprecedented “Regularization Law” seeks to regulate Palestinian land ownership in the West Bank — and potentially exposes Israel to prosecution by the International Criminal Court.
"We lost the battle for Amona, but we are winning the war for the Land of Israel," Education Minister Naftali Bennet declared.
In the face of desperation and dread, many find comfort in ultra-nationalism and xenophobia — and the politicians know it.
A majority of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip support violence against Israelis, want to abandon the Oslo Accords, have little or no faith in their own government, and no longer believe in a two-state solution with Israel. About half of Palestinians think a new armed intifada would serve their national interests better than negotiations.
'Their support for violence is not motivated by Islamic ideology. They are motivated by their despair.'
Analysis: Israelis and Palestinians alike brace for Sept. 23, when Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, coincides with the Muslim day of sacred feast, Eid al-Adha.
Analysis: Israeli politicians have cried wolf too many times.