Uri Elitzur

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Haim Zach/GPO)

A dark tale from Netanyahu Nation

Assassinations, lies and conspiracy theories. If you want to know about the right-wing culture that rules Israel today, the following isn’t a bad illustration. Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday that Netanyahu’s pick for director-general of the Communications Ministry, Shlomo Filber, wrote an article in the settler publication Nekuda after the Rabin assassination blaming the Shin Bet…

By Larry Derfner May 20, 2015

Reuven Rivlin (Photo: Jstreet CC)

What is the Israeli Right’s one-state vision?

With the collapse of the peace talks and the Oslo process, prominent settlers and right-wing Israelis are once again mulling the idea of a one-state solution. What will it look like, and what are the chances of it being implemented? Uri Elitzur, who was Netanyahu’s chief of staff during his first term as prime minister,…

By Noam Sheizaf May 12, 2014

Top pundit for Sheldon Adelson’s free daily – on PM Office payroll

Dr. Dror Eydar, known for his criticism of leftwing NGOs and his support for Netanyahu, has a contract for NIS 50,000 at the Prime Minister’s Office. According to Eydar, he has been advising Deputy Prime Minister Ya’alon on the evangelical Christian community in America. Another piece in the Netanyahu-Adelson puzzle was revelead yesterday when Channel 10…

By Noam Sheizaf February 9, 2012

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Inconvenient truths. Netanyahu speaking to the Jewish Agency. (Photo: Jewish Agency for Israel, cc by-nd 2.0)

PM’s office hires author who called for attack on IDF soldiers

The latest hiring decision at the Prime Minister’s Office illustrates the hypocrisy of the right when it comes to objectionable and violent statements. The Prime Minister’s Office recently reported (Hebrew) that it receives editing and translating services from Uri Elitzur, who is set to serve as a speechwriter for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Elitzur is…

By Yossi Gurvitz February 5, 2012

Uri Elitzur, Haaretz, July 16 2010

The worst solution is apparently the right one: a binational state, full annexation, full citizenship

By +972 Magazine July 18, 2010

The Israeli Right going one-state?

Haaretz published my report on the growing support for what seems like a one-state solution in the Israeli Right. “The prospects of the negotiations with Mahmoud Abbas do not look promising. President Obama undoubtedly thinks otherwise, but if Abbas speaks for anyone, it’s barely half the Palestinians. The chances of anything good coming of this…

By Noam Sheizaf July 18, 2010