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October 22, 2012: As Time Draws Near
Tonight is the last presidential debate and two weeks from tomorrow comes the election. Tensions are high and the sharing of credible information that impinges...
October 21, 2012: That Was Fast!
And it’s not OK. Last week I wrote that reports had been leaked that Prime Minister Netanyahu was going to bring the Levy Report, or...
October 18, 2012: Grappling with Complexities
Multiple complexities, actually. There is very little that is being dealt with these days that is simple and above board. Just days ago I cited...
October 17, 2012: The Levy Report
From where I sit, this is the news of the day. Back in January Prime Minister Netanyahu appointed a committee — consisting of former Israeli...
October 15, 2012: Reconcile This
Yesterday, the NYTimes ran an op-ed by columnist Ross Douthat — “The Mystery of Benghazi” — in which he describes the Obama administration’s “very strange”...
October 14, 2012: Setting Matters Straight
Every so often I make a goof and need to correct it for my readers. Most of the time the goof is quite minor (like...
October 13, 2012: Politics
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) Many of you likely saw the vice presidential debate last Thursday night. It was not the run-away Republican win that the...
October 10, 2012: So…It’s Election Time
In Israel. We saw it coming and now it’s official: Prime Minister Netanyahu has made the announcement that elections will be held in January. His...
October 9, 2012: Back to Normal
Well, this may be a slight exaggeration, as I’m not really sure what “normal” is here in Israel. What I mean, of course, is that...
October 3, 2012: Catch Up
When Prime Minister Netanyahu returned home from New York on Saturday night, in order to arrive here for Sukkot, he pronounced himself satisfied with his...
