I’m sure that – after today’s assessment – I will take a third and a fourth and fifth look at the ceasefire declared last night

The truth: There is no entirely satisfactory resolution to our war with Hamas (the war that is not called a war).   Aside, of course, from

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) “The Ikar” (the essence of the matter) Tomorrow night my eldest granddaughter goes off with her class to Poland for a week, to

If we listen to what Netanyahu said yesterday, he never really thought our battle with Hamas was going to be peacefully resolved – he refers

How many times?  How many times do we count down as the final hours of a 72 hour – or 120 hour – ceasefire come

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