
Anshel Pfeffer
Correspondent at The Economist
Mancunian hack @TheEconomist correspondent. Unauthorized biographer of Netanyahu and Ovadya Yosef. Next book No King in Israel @penguinpress @ProfileBooks Nonno
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3 weeks ago |
haaretz.com | Anshel Pfeffer
Analysis | After 19 months of war, Netanyahu and his far-right allies are still yearning for a Churchill-style 'total victory', but their vision of flattening and depopulating Gaza owes more to Putin and Stalin.
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3 weeks ago |
share.google | Anshel Pfeffer
May 16, 2025 4:36 pm IDTSend in e-mailSend in e-mail May 16, 2025 4:36 pm IDTOn many streets in Israel's cities, the posters featuring the portraits of the hostages held in Gaza - which have been such a feature of our lives over the past 18 months - have been replaced by similar posters of young Israelis โ with a subtle difference.
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4 weeks ago |
haaretz.com | Anshel Pfeffer
While few 747s are flying people around the globe today, that doesn't mean the Queen of the Skies is not part of our lives. Whenever you order a package from abroad or eat fresh imported food, it's probably transported by a jumbo freighter. Two aviation geeks went along for the ride May 9, 2025 12:38 pm IDT May 9, 2025 12:38 pm IDTWhat do you remember about flying on a Boeing 747?
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2 months ago |
haaretz.com | Anshel Pfeffer
Analysis | Benjamin Netanyahu is both petrified and deeply jealous of Donald Trump, who has taken ownership of the hostage issue. But above all, he can't say no to the U.S. presidentMar 9, 2025 1:34 pm ISTSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Mar 9, 2025 1:34 pm ISTOn March 30, 1988, Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was resigning as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
economist.com | Anshel Pfeffer
It remains present inside Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West BankTHE SECOND stage of the ceasefire in Gaza, in which Israel and Hamas were to officially end the war there, was supposed to start on March 2nd. But Israel has declined to begin the talks to which it committed in a deal in January. It is demanding an extension to the first stage of the truce, during which it wants Hamas to release more of the 59 hostages whom the militants still hold.
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Hamas isnโt giving up its most valuable bargaining chip, the last live American-Israeli hostage it holds in Gaza, for nothing. The Trump administration would have had to promise them they would force Netanyahu to come to terms with the war ending. Without asking Netanyahu first

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Yesterday the US ambassador to Israel said America will respond to a Houthi attack on Israel only if a US citizen harmed. Today reports Hamas will release the lone American-Israeli among 20-plus hostages still alive. Israeli citizenship was once a security. Now itโs a liability.