Jake Wallis Simons

According to The Guardian, Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” concert in Dublin this week was “a worthwhile triumph”. Its reviewer was swept up in the “infectiously giddy excitement” of it all; the video messages from Mark Ruffalo and Cynthia Nixon, the surprise appearances by Hozier

🚨 Exciting news! On Monday, @Mr_Andrew_Fox and I are bringing @The_Brink_ to Tel Aviv for a live event. Not only will we be joined by the one and only @jconricus, but also the amazing @LTCPeterLerner! What's next for Netanyahu, Eisenkot and the country? Be there and join the

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@b_judah Historically, the Oslo Accords fell apart because of the suicide bombs of the Intifada, not Rabin’s assassination.

Netanyahu has claimed that the Israeli election was "stolen" by "Arab parties that support terrorism". He has offered no evidence. The Supreme Court judge overseeing Israel's elections – a conservative who lives on the West Bank – has asked the Shin Bet to investigate suspected

🚨 New episode dropped! Chilling… The brilliant @NJ_Timothy tells @Mr_Andrew_Fox and me how the Islamists are taking over Britain’s institutions. They have to be stopped, and quick. Full episode in first reply

🚨 Calling Tel Aviv! On Monday, @Mr_Andrew_Fox and I are bringing @The_Brink_ to Israel for a live event in Tel Aviv, interviewing the one and only @jconricus , to discuss what's next for Netanyahu, Eisenkot and the country. Be there and join the conversation! Tickets here:

🚨 Exciting news! On Sunday, @Mr_Andrew_Fox and I are bringing @The_Brink_ to Israel for a live event in Jerusalem, in collaboration with the formidable @havivrettiggur, to discuss what's next for Israel. Be there in the audience and join the conversation! Tickets here:

As I wrote on polling day, my hesitation towards Benjamin Netanyahu has less to do with the Machiavellian operator himself – we all know his flaws, and they are hardly uncommon, if not universal, among politicians – than with the company he keeps: the far-Right of Itamar Ben-Gvir

What is at stake in Israel’s political negotiations? I discuss with @Mr_Andrew_Fox on @The_Brink_

Every Israeli election produces the same image in the Western press: a crowd of men in black coats and hats, blocking a motorway in protest at the draft. The ultra-Orthodox, or Haredim, are cast either as medieval curiosities or as parasites, living on the state while other

With two-thirds of the votes counted, Israel is heading for deadlock. Netanyahu's bloc is on about 56 seats and Eisenkot's on about 48. The Arab parties hold the gap, and nobody is near 61. For Netanyahu, the question is where to find defectors. For Eisenkot, it is far harder:

Since the polls closed in Israel, there has been a deluge of ill-informed commentary, bad-faith takes and ideological point-scoring, from those who see the result as proof of Israel’s slide into fascism to those hailing it as a triumph for Benjamin Netanyahu. Amid all the noise,

Netanyahu’s Likud party has won the most votes in Tuesday’s election, but neither of Israel’s two political camps has a clear path to forming a government, Channel 12’s exit poll shows

This is how the Bedouin go to vote in Israel. Apartheid state amirite?

When I went on @TalkTV today to discuss the Israeli election with @JuliaHB1, she began, with a twinkle in her eye, by asking about the elections in Gaza and the West Bank. They don’t seem to be happening, she observed. Indeed, they are not. Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the

I explain the mechanics and issues at stake in today's Israeli election... and reveal who I want to win. With @JuliaHB1 on @TalkTV

Over the years, I have mostly avoided giving my own verdict on Benjamin Netanyahu. I have preferred to weigh his strengths and flaws impartially, and to point out how absurdly he has been caricatured in the West, where he has become something close to a demon in a medieval

Live at 12pm UK time: @Mr_Andrew_Fox (live from Israel) and I give you the coverage of an Israelis election that the media is missing. Join us! It’s free. Only on @The_Brink_. Link in first reply

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It’s Israel’s election day! Is this the end of Bibi? Join me and @Mr_Andrew_Fox (who is in Israel) for a Substack live on @The_Brink_ at 12pm UK time today to discuss. Link in first reply

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As voting opened at 7am today, Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar was on around 26 seats to Likud’s 20, with the opposition bloc on roughly 56 and Benjamin Netanyahu’s on about 50. Neither is within reach of the 61 needed for a majority, and the Arab parties, on 14 or so, sit in the gap