November 20, 2009: A Different PA AngleAFI AdminFebruary 16, 2010 by AFI AdminFebruary 16, 20100452 Before I look at that angle (of necessity, briefly, before Shabbat), I want to add one other news item about Jerusalem housing that I inadvertently...
November 19, 2009: UN Human Rights ViolationAFI AdminFebruary 16, 2010 by AFI AdminFebruary 16, 20100404 “UN Human Rights Violation!” As those of you who read my postings regularly are probably aware, Anne Bayefsky, director of Eye on the UN, is...
November 18, 2009: Slip-Sliding in the PAAFI AdminFebruary 3, 2010 by AFI AdminFebruary 3, 20100428 No standing firm on the ground for these guys. With what I suppose they imagine to be nimble steps, they move this way and that. ...
November 17, 2009: An Eruption of Reason?AFI AdminFebruary 3, 2010 by AFI AdminFebruary 3, 20100434 Well, some reason, anyway — and from a surprising source. The PA had appealed to the EU for support in their efforts to unilaterally declare...
November 16, 2009: Responding with StrengthAFI AdminJanuary 21, 2010 by AFI AdminJanuary 21, 20100389 The Palestinian claims continue: They’re preparing their state for unilateral independence. Abbas has already spoken to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. PA leaders have already approached...
November 12, 2009: No CloserAFI AdminJanuary 21, 2010 by AFI AdminJanuary 21, 20100434 …to understanding what is going on. Not happy about what I’m seeing. But also certain that what I’m seeing is not the whole story, and...
November 11, 2009: Round We GoAFI AdminJanuary 21, 2010 by AFI AdminJanuary 21, 20100421 November 11 is the day that WWI stopped, 91 years ago. In the US, this day — which was once Armistice Day — is now...
November 10, 2009: Now What?AFI AdminJanuary 14, 2010 by AFI AdminJanuary 14, 20100429 I really cannot say, as the situation is still too fluid and there remain too many unknowns. It seems fair (and not particularly prescient) to...
November 9, 2009: ResponsesAFI AdminJanuary 14, 2010 by AFI AdminJanuary 14, 20100439 It is clear that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has struck a nerve with my readers. I thank all of you who have sent me links...
November 8, 2009: Reason for Concern?AFI AdminJanuary 12, 2010 by AFI AdminJanuary 12, 20100430 It was in late summer that Salam Fayyad, president of the PA, proposed that a Palestinian state be put in place within two years. He...