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From Israel: “Hmm…A Different Take”
Yoni Ben-Menachem, a Middle East analyst with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, has advanced a highly plausible take on the situation surrounding the Bahrain...
From Israel: “So, Is It Annexation, or What?!”
I can tell you, dear readers, that it is not annexation. Before you panic, allow me to explain. My reasoning is quite positive: Last week, in...
From Israel: “Critical: Rise Up to Meet Them!”
Our many challenges, that is. It is so easy to ignore them, or minimize them. But we do not have the luxury of doing this. We...
From Israel: “Respite from the Lunacy!”
I wrote in my last posting about the passing of First Lady Nechama Rivlin, z”l. But I return to this subject briefly now because the...
From Israel: “Never Simple, Never Smooth!”
It’s the way of the world. There are always complexities and provisos and competing perspectives. But first matters first: Sometimes the way of the...
From Israel: “The Blessings Within!”
Today is Yom Yerushalayim – Jerusalem Day, marking the re-unification of Jerusalem in 1967. Never, ever, will our city be divided again. Jerusalem is not...
From Israel: “Appalling!”
And a source of sadness, as well. I refer, of course, to the current political situation in Israel. For days, I held off posting...
From Israel: “Ceasefire Magic!”
Magic only in this sense: Now you see it, now you don’t. Sort of like the rabbit: Except that it’s not nearly as much fun as...
From Israel: “Forcing Them to Their Knees!”
It is not because it is unimportant that I have not written about President Trump’s challenge to Iranian threats. It is of critical importance. I have...
From Israel: “Here at Home: It’s UGH!”
Even with the UGH! there are always good things to report. And so, today I had hoped to begin with a deeply moving story, to...