Einat Wilf

July 30, 2018, 2:31 am

A self-declared leftist wages war on the Palestinian ‘right of return’

In new book, ex-Labor MK Einat Wilf says the refugee ethos is the biggest obstacle to peace. She blames the international community, the Israeli government and the IDF

By Raphael Ahren

Illustrative: A Palestinian from the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh slings a rock at IDF soldiers (Eric Cortellessa/Times of Israel)

July 11, 2017, 8:29 am

New Knesset lobby unveils plan for peace: Total Palestinian surrender

At launch event, Israel Victory Caucus urges Palestinians to accept that they failed to destroy the Jewish state

By Andrew Tobin

December 26, 2016, 5:33 pm

UN vote actually ‘a victory for Israel,’ paves way for embassy move, ex-Labor MK says

Einat Wilf says Resolution 2334 ‘clarifies the absolute legality of pre-1967 Israel, including west Jerusalem,’ can provide basis for Trump to relocate embassy

By Raphael Ahren

Prof. Shmuel Hauser, chairman of the Israel Securities Authority, seen at the Finance Committee in the Knesset. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

August 14, 2016, 9:33 am

Israeli regulator: Binary options fraud disgusting, ruinous to our reputation

Shmuel Hauser, chair of the Israel Securities Authority, says Israel-based industry fleecing victims worldwide is a problem of national significance; vows to gather all arms of law enforcement to tackle it

By Simona Weinglass and David Horovitz

Cynthia McKinney, seen in a photo from 2008, was the Green Party’s presidential candidate that year. (Wikimedia Commons)

July 24, 2016, 11:32 pm

Ex-congresswoman claims Israel behind European massacres

Cynthia McKinney links to video ‘proving’ Israel responsible for Nice, Munich attacks because German photographer supposedly at both scenes is married to former MK

By TOI staff

Einat Wilf addresses the Knesset, October 15, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

April 4, 2016, 10:19 am

Why hasn’t Israel shut down binary options scam? A former MK describes how she tried

Five years ago, Einat Wilf realized forex/binary options was, at best, an industry founded on illegal gambling. But she was outflanked by lobbyists, and defeated by regulators and her Knesset colleagues — whose inability to grapple with the complexities has echoes of ‘The Big Short’

By Simona Weinglass

Balad chairman MK Jamal Zahalka (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

June 25, 2014, 6:51 pm

Arab MK tells Knesset: Palestinian struggle not terrorism

‘Banish us from the Knesset, hang us — we will not give in on this issue,’ Balad party chairman Zahalka says

By TOI staff

Hadash MK Afu Agbaria on the Knesset Channel (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)

June 24, 2014, 8:46 pm

Hadash MK says Hamas not terrorists, but ‘liberators’

Afu Agbaria prompts Likud’s Feiglin to leave studio after saying Israel to blame for Gaza rockets, themselves a ‘bluff’

By TOI staff

Balad Member of Knesset Jamal Zahalke gesticulates while addressing the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, July 31, 2013. (Credit: Flash90)

March 11, 2014, 11:47 pm

What if the Arab parties go gentle into the night?

In succumbing to the provisions of the Governance Bill, Balad, Ra’am Ta’al and Hadash could deprive Israel of a key pluralistic credential

By Raphael Ahren

December 11, 2013, 9:50 pm

Gerald M. Steinberg

Peace Now’s facade of democratic debate

NGO Monitor responds to the leftwing group’s decision to disinvite Einat Wilf because she is on their Advisory Board

December 11, 2013, 2:11 pm

Former MK: Peace Now shunned me over watchdog gig

Einat Wilf says she was disinvited from conference due to her membership in advisory board of NGO Monitor

By Lazar Berman

Jack Straw (photo credit: UK Ministry of Justice / Wikipedia Commons)

October 28, 2013, 5:40 pm

I’m not remotely anti-Semitic, says ex-British FM Straw

Veteran politician doesn’t deny account of his comments in debate last week, but tells Times of Israel he voiced legitimate concerns

By Raphael Ahren

Jack Straw (far left) and Einat Wilf (far right) pictured at last week's Round Table Global Diplomatic Forum at the House of Commons (photo credit: Courtesy)

October 27, 2013, 3:44 pm

Ex-UK FM: ‘Unlimited’ Jewish funds control US policy, block Mideast peace

Jack Straw unleashes anti-Semitic diatribe at forum held in House of Commons, according to former MK Einat Wilf

By JTA and TOI staff

A Palestinian man walks in front of a mural calling for the return of Palestinian refugees (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

March 13, 2013, 3:01 am

Taking refugees off the table

A new effort is underway, backed by Israel, to tackle ‘the major hurdle to peace:’ how the UN defines a Palestinian refugee

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 18, 2013, 11:25 am

Is Israel’s electoral system just fine the way it is?

Days before Israel votes, soon-to-be ex-MK Einat Wilf, who has political science degrees from Harvard and Cambridge, offers a near-heretical thesis

By Raphael Ahren