Do we even have a proper analytical term to describe what has happened to Hizbullah? Traditionally, when we are talking about decapitation of organizations, the reference is to removal of the very top leadership, not the entire command structure, from the head all the way down to the waist

You might be starting from the mistaken assumption that they are thinking about the economy at all, and that probably includes one of the "crazy party leaders" who, on top all other horrible things also happens to be the Minister of Finance

A sad joke I heard recently: Voted Bibi, got BB

I have a dream that some day one could say: military HQs under residential buildings are bad and indiscriminately bombing civilians is bad, Nasrallah is a mass murderer and Bibi isn't a good guy either and they wouldn't sound like a hopeless mental case. But I doubt I will live long enough to see it

Complex, but not really mystical

I am going to frame this. The funny thing is that I haven't taken even a single history class in my entire life. Not in undergrad, not in MA and not during the doctorate. Like, never.

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Exploding pagers might be captivating to watch, but at the end of the day, no amount of technical and tactical brilliance can compensate for and save from strategic nutjobbery

She is the most stringent and alert gatekeeper the Kirya compound has ever had

This makes sense if Sa'ar rejoins the Likud, waits till Netanyahu is out and makes a bid for leadership as an ex-MOD. 20 years ago the perception among young Likud politicos was that more or less around now the contest for Likud leadership would be Sa'ar vs Ofir Akunis vs Danny Danon. Funny, right?