There are several items of news requiring attention that can, in one respect or another, knock you off balance.  But let us start with this

The notion that there can be a viable negotiation process that will result in peace with “two states side-by-side” persists whatever the overwhelming evidence to

There are multiple ways in which enormous strength is required of the Israeli government now.  In no situation is this more the case than with

The NYTimes ran a piece yesterday in which it directly quoted a “senior Israeli official” — who according to the JPost had contacted the Times

Tomorrow night begins the holiday of Shavuot (one day here in Israel, two days elsewhere), which celebrates the receiving of the Torah (or the Commandments)

To a variety of matters, each briefly.  I begin with the Borovsky family — the widow and five orphans left behind when Evyatar was brutally

With all that remains disturbing (and I’ll get to it), there are also good things happening within the government and the Knesset.  Good people who

Jerusalem.  And today we are celebrating Yom Yerushalayim — Jerusalem Day — the anniversary of the liberation by Israeli troops of eastern (historic Jewish) Jerusalem,

The original expectation that Syria would not retaliate for Israel’s hits inside of that country appears to be holding true: A Syrian government official has

And thank Heaven that we do… Israel officials — government and military — have repeatedly said that we will not permit a situation in Syria