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No matter what happens with regard to Hamas, it will be a mess of one sort or another.  There are no clean, neat diplomatic solutions....

Before I look at that forecast, let me mention “Kaitana Savta,” which translates literally as “Camp Grandma” (it sounds better in Hebrew).  I am about...

In spite of decidedly negative news I must address, below, I want to first share some very positive reports.   We start with Ari Abramowitz –...

I will be posting less frequently now that the war is over – updating my readers often but not necessarily daily on the anticipated negotiations...

I am chagrinned but not exactly shocked by the latest turn of events here.  As Shabbat went out, I had expressed surprise that – following...

Tonight begins Tisha B’Av, the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar.  It marks the day of the destruction of our two Temples and a...

I begin with some very essential observations that go to the heart of Israel’s situation, observations that are broadly recognized among Jews here in Israel,...

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) I left my posting abruptly yesterday because of the advent of Shabbat and want here to follow through.  But it’s tentatively...

Our whole nation is weary – strong, determined, clear about who we are, but weary.  How could it be otherwise?  We are contending with both...

Today I am feeling a far greater certainty that our government is going to see through this war to its necessary end.  That our prime minister...