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From Israel: Malice and Madness
And sometimes pure evil. Today is Tisha B’Av, the saddest day of the Jewish year. A day on which we mourn for the destruction of...
From Israel: Hard and Necessary Choices
Two news items as I begin today’s discussion: 1) On Sunday, the Al-Nirab airbase, in northern Syria outside of Aleppo, was attacked. This is a...
From Israel: Intolerable!
It’s enough when our enemies are difficult to deal with. But deal with them we can, if we are resolute and clear-eyed. If we understand...
From Israel: A Quagmire
There were multiple reports over the last couple of days regarding the direction of Trump’s “peace plan.” The first report I saw said (emphasis added):...
From Israel: The Head Spins
I confess, my head is spinning a bit less because of the time with my grandchildren. Had a great tour of Har Hazeitim with two...
From Israel: Mid-East Transformation?
There are shifts that seem to be taking place in the dynamics of the Mid-East. Is genuine change being forged? Or are we being fed...
From Israel: Almost at War?
When I got up on Thursday morning, I thought it very likely there would be news of a war in Gaza. But there was not....
From Israel: Confusion on a Grand Scale
Yesterday I began my posting with a discussion of what the Trump “peace team” of Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt might be seeking during their...
From Israel: They Have Got to be Kidding!
As my readers know, I have been pondering for weeks exactly what is going on with the Trump administration’s peace team of Jared Kushner and...
From Israel: Complications and Imperfections
It’s not your imagination, or mine: The world is shifting at a dizzying rate. We try to wrap our heads around it all. We try,...