November 20, 2009: A Different PA Angle
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...
Author : Arlene
November 19, 2009: UN Human Rights Violation
“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 PA
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?
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 Strength
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 Closer
…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 Go
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?
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: Responses
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?
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...