From Israel: “Facing Bitter Truth Squarely!!”
Along with many of you, I have been watching the unfolding of the situation in Afghanistan with a sense of pain and horror: The shocking,...
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From Israel: “A VERY Bad Idea!!”
Prime Minister Bennett is leaving for Washington DC tomorrow (Tuesday) for a snap 48 hour visit. He is scheduled to meet with Biden on Thursday....
From Israel: “Appalled and Aghast!!”
And with good reason, I add, “alarmed!” The situation as it is unfolding in Afghanistan is over the top. Here I hope to touch several...
From Israel: “We Are Surrounded!!”
Last I wrote, I titled my posting “Danger: Within and Without.” I began with dangers that lurk within, which I suggested pose the greatest threat...
From Israel: “Dangers: Within and Without”
Before I begin to address those dangers, I want to return to the matter of the extradition from Jordan of Ahlam Ahmad al-Tamimi, mastermind of...
From Israel: “Hold Fast and Don’t Let Go!!”
The last couple of weeks have been “kaitana savta” — grandma camp, a very special time for me. When the kids are here, they are...
From Israel: “Twisting, This Way and That!!”
There is only one instance of “twisting” that I think of as positive at the moment: That is Artem Dolgopyat’s fantastic in-the-air maneuvers, which won...
From Israel: “As I Had Promised!!
I had written recently that no matter how much bad news there was to write about, I would make an effort to incorporate some good...
From Israel: “Creaming the Anti-Semites!!
So what do you know? When the news about Ben & Jerry’s decision to boycott Judea & Samaria and eastern Jerusalem first broke, I thought...
From Israel: “No Choice: We Must!!”
Tisha B’Av – a day of mourning for the destruction of the Temples – has just drawn to a close here in Israel. Here you...