From Israel: Distressed and Furious
My friends, I had held off posting right before and again right after Shabbat because the situation here has been enormously lacking in clarity, and...
Author : Arlene
From Israel: Modeling Insanity
Most of you are familiar with the saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” This...
From Israel: Menace in the North
Today we consider the enormous unrest in the north. What I present here is an overview of a vastly complex scenario – encompassing several players...
From Israel: Give Me a Break!
On July 19, the Knesset passed Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People. The furor that has ensued since then has...
From Israel: Crossing a Red Line!
When last I posted, I spoke about the murder by a Hamas terrorist of Aviv Levi, an IDF soldier who was at the Gaza fence...
From Israel: Malice and Madness
And sometimes pure evil. Today is Tisha B’Av, the saddest day of the Jewish year. A day on which we mourn for the destruction of...
From Israel: Hard and Necessary Choices
Two news items as I begin today’s discussion: 1) On Sunday, the Al-Nirab airbase, in northern Syria outside of Aleppo, was attacked. This is a...
From Israel: Intolerable!
It’s enough when our enemies are difficult to deal with. But deal with them we can, if we are resolute and clear-eyed. If we understand...
From Israel: A Quagmire
There were multiple reports over the last couple of days regarding the direction of Trump’s “peace plan.” The first report I saw said (emphasis added):...
From Israel: The Head Spins
I confess, my head is spinning a bit less because of the time with my grandchildren. Had a great tour of Har Hazeitim with two...