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Every day brings something different in the constantly shifting "peace" situation here. Yesterday I read a statement from Olmert that seemed to elaborate on his...

I suspect that my postings in the next few days will be only intermittent. This is in part because I am struggling with what to...

Mahmoud Abbas, in a meeting with four MKs from United Arab List – Ta’al, indicated that the Arab (Saudi) peace initiative was not going to...

Two days ago, Jewish residents of the Hebron area moved into an unoccupied four-story house in Hebron, on the road between Kiryat Arba and the...

I would like to paint an upbeat and optimistic picture of the situation here. But I cannot. Not today, at any rate. My feeling is...

Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) Well, the Palestinian National Council approved the new unity government today, with 83 votes out of 87 council members participating. (There...

In response to a reader query, I begin with an explanation of the difference between the PLO and the PA. The PLO, founded in 1964,...

The ides of March, and here in Jerusalem spring has taken a hiatus: we have hail, wet snow and heavy rain. But while it’s cold...

The Arabs are playing games, but there is nothing funny about it. They’re attempting to put the squeeze on Israel as a step towards destroying...

When the gov’t released $100 million in tax revenues to PA president Mahmoud Abbas in January, there was considerable criticism, followed by suggestions that the...