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Jul 2, 2018, 11:57 PM

On Override Law, Israel Should Not Take Advice from Canadian Justice Rosalie Abella

There has not been a lot of talk lately about the Jewish Home’s proposed High Court Override Bill, legislation that would allow the government to override High Court rulings. After suggesting that failure to pass the bill would provoke...

Mar 19, 2018, 9:29 PM

Ronald Lauder Needs to Resign from the WJC: An Open Letter

Dear Mr. Lauder: I would like to respond to your recent article in the New York Times, "Israel's Self-Inflicted Wounds," March 18, 2018, and call on you to step down from your post as president of the World Jewish Congress. First and...

Sep 18, 2017, 4:21 AM

Proposed High Court basic law is critical for strengthening Israeli democracy

Last week in particular was a low point for Israel's High Court. First, the Court ruled that Israel had no authority to revoke the residency permits of Hamas members in Jerusalem. You read that right - a government could not, under the...

Mar 12, 2015, 11:35 AM

Diskin and Dagan: From winners to whiners

"The evil men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones" - Shakespeare How will Meir Dagan and Yuval Diskin be remembered? It seems they are trying hard to make it so that their lifelong dedication...

Mar 3, 2015, 4:05 AM

In Praise of Israeli Political Show Gav HaUma

Lior Schleien and Guri Alfi, two names the vast majority of North American Jews have never heard of, have created a template for what I would call the best political talkshow in the World. Gav HaUma, literally "Back of the...

Mar 1, 2015, 9:41 PM

Netanyahu was Right to go to Congress – and Here’s Why

Those who know me know that I held back nothing in my blistering attacks on Netanyahu and Ya'alon during the Gaza War. In my view, it was a failure, both of leadership and strategically. But for the scary scenario...

Feb 24, 2015, 8:22 PM

What Netanyahu should do with the PA tax money

Three interesting seemingly unrelated events have all merged into a real opportunity for Benjamin Netanyahu. The first event is Netanyahu's decision to withhold PA tax revenues while they pursue admission to the International Criminal Court. His decision to do so...

Feb 22, 2015, 11:46 AM

A Response to the Delusions of S. Daniel Abraham

S. Daniel Abraham's Blog Post, "This Election is on Whether the Jewish State will stay Jewish", continues the theme I have written about before: that almost all Jews want peace with the Palestinians, but none have an actual plan...

Jan 22, 2015, 9:25 AM

Ynetblues.com – Critique #2

Hardly a day goes by when someone does not criticize Netanyahu for not having a diplomatic plan. And yet, when one dissects the arguments, one can find no actual concrete plan within the critic's writing. I have pointed this...

Jan 16, 2015, 8:36 AM

What is freedom of speech?

A friend recently pointed out this article to me. The story, featured in a number of papers, with different angles, was essentially about an Ultra-Orthodox paper that published a picture of the Paris anti-terror rally with the women photoshopped out...

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About Me

Michael Tweyman is a politically conservative Toronto lawyer whose writing has appeared in the Canadian Jewish News. Michael has no formal affiliation with any Israeli political party or movement.