Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman reviews FM Cohen's Bahrain trip and Tom Friedman's critique; legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon summarizes the AG-justice minister conflict

Lamenting 'not normal' Israeli government, NYT columnist implores US president to only accept deal that includes Israeli concessions to Palestinians to keep two-state solution alive

Administration said to be displeased over PMO readout of call with president this week; Biden again cautions against judicial overhaul without broad consensus

US president tells NY Times’s Tom Friedman that 'vibrancy of Israel’s democracy' is at heart of ties between the 2 countries, but threatened by unilateral moves to weaken judiciary

A day after NY Times columnist says White House is revisiting relationship, Jerusalem says anyway, past US presidents have done so too, and defense ties are stronger than ever

Columnist says Biden administration believes government is using judicial overhaul as cover for 'unprecedented radical behavior... that is undermining our shared interests'

Friedman says emerging government akin to Trump re-election with Giuliani as AG, Flynn as defense chief, Proud Boys head as Homeland Security chief

In 'Death Tango,' ex-Mossad man and strategic analyst Yossi Alpher reflects on consecutive events during Second Intifada that he says doomed the peace process, possibly for good