Sometimes it happens that a project — writing/activist — claims a good portion of my time, so that there is less possibility for posting. That’s

If the context were not so serious I would simply say that putative PA president Mahmoud Abbas is a joke, an exceedingly amusing joke. He is

Today is the first day of Chanukah — we lit our first candle last night.  On this eight-day holiday we commemorate both a miracle from

As promised, a different sort of posting here: legal and historical background that is essential to understanding Jewish rights in the land.  This review will

  Credit: enduringamerica There is a paucity of good news in this part of the world right now.  But this qualifies.  As I face down

I learned today that Netanyahu told the Likud faction yesterday that there has been no approval for building in E1, the region between Ma’ale Adumim

Other obligations prevent me from reviewing background on our historical and legal rights to the land today.  But I do not want to let the

(Motzei Shabbat) Matters are just unfolding with regard to the UN vote on Palestinian state status, and almost certainly tomorrow will bring more.  Here I

Today is the 65th anniversary of the UN General Assembly vote on the recommendation that Palestine be partitioned into a Jewish and an Arab state. 

There is a question mark after “Normalcy” because it’s more than a bit difficult to ascertain precisely what “normal” is.  But I’m aiming for it,