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Eitan Chikli

Eitan Chikli

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The War of Words

The War of Words
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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eitan Chikli

Israel’s Arab Parties: Three Visions and the Mansour Abbas Gamble

Israel’s Arab Parties: Three Visions and the Mansour Abbas Gamble

As Israel heads toward the October 27, 2026 election, just over one in five Israeli citizens is Arab. Yet for much of the Jewish public — and even...

31.08.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eitan Chikli

Shas: The Revenge of the Forgotten Faces the Test of Power

27.08.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eitan Chikli

United Torah Judaism: Lithuanian and Hasidic Judaism at the Heart of Israeli Politics

23.08.2026 100

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Eitan Chikli

Itamar Ben-Gvir: The More He Shocks, the More Entrenched He Becomes

19.08.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eitan Chikli

Bezalel Smotrich: The Methodical Radical

Few figures in contemporary Israeli politics provoke as immediate a reaction abroad as Bezalel Smotrich. Israel’s finance minister, a minister...

18.08.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eitan Chikli

The Bennett Precedent: When Breaking Faith Becomes a Method of Government

To portray the Naftali Bennett episode as a mere exercise in political opportunism is to underestimate its significance. This was not simply a...

16.08.2026 60

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Eitan Chikli

The Liberman Enigma

As Israel approaches the October 27, 2026 election, Avigdor Liberman remains one of the most difficult figures in Israeli politics to classify. A...

13.08.2026 80

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Eitan Chikli

Yair Golan: Democracy for One Camp?

Any fair assessment of Yair Golan must begin with what is unquestionably to his credit. He spent nearly four decades in uniform, held some of the...

12.08.2026 80

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eitan Chikli

Gadi Eisenkot: The reassuring man with the troubling doctrine

As Israel approaches the October 27, 2026 elections, Gadi Eisenkot possesses an advantage that few of his rivals can match: he is reassuring. A former...

11.08.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eitan Chikli