Richard C. Schneider

Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and his coalition partners are celebrating Donald Trump’s election victory. But the future US president could still cause headaches for the government in Jerusalem, as our columnist Richard C. Schneider writes.

Despite clear polls and massive protests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in office. Richard C. Schneider on the exhaustion of the people in Israel, possible scenarios for the end of the governing coalition — and why Netanyahu is playing for time. 

Wer den Krieg gegen die Hamas nur als eine Art Endkampf zwischen Israel und den Islamisten in Gaza ansieht, verkennt die neuen geopoli­tischen Realitäten. Der Westen sollte auf eine neue Achse von Mächten vorbereitet sein. Eine Analyse von Richard C. Schneider. 

The Tehran-Moscow axis seems threat­ening, but it was born out of necessity and does not change much for Israel and the Middle East. However, the Russia-Israel relationship has already deteriorated...