Author : Arlene

The days move on, and still no word on recovery of the kidnapped students, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shayer and Naftali Frenkel.  The IDF continues to...

The Middle East, with the singular exception of a stable, prosperous, democratic Israel, is in a state of turmoil and transition – with enormous violence...

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) When last I wrote, I expressed the fervent hope that by the time I posted again the kidnapped students would have...

This is not an uncommon refrain for me these days:  This posting must be short because other considerations are pulling at me.  I did want...

A couple of very significant pieces of information have been uncovered in the extensive IDF/Shin Bet operation for the rescue of the three kidnapped students...

Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) And fear.  And fury.  And a terrible sense of déjà vu. Late Thursday evening, three boys disappeared.  They are Eyal Yifrach...

Credit: NOAA   In my last posting I wrote about “rays of light,” and indeed they do exist.  But I would be remiss indeed if...

More and more it seems, the nations of the world are arrayed against us:  Israel is criticized for not accepting a Fatah-Hamas unity government, for...

Shavuot has come and gone and before we go into Shabbat tomorrow night, I want to return to the issue of the PA-Hamas government in...

Last night, I had written my post, which spoke about my unease regarding the possibility of US support for the Fatah-Hamas unity government.  What I...