May 27, 2013: What Is This?
It passes for “diplomatic” news of a sort, but consists in good part of unmitigated nonsense. The World Economic Forum in Jordan has just ended;...
May 23, 2013: What Comes First?
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...
May 22, 2013: “Peace Process”
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...
May 21, 2013: Strong for All Things
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...
May 16, 2013: Dead Serious
The NYTimes ran a piece yesterday in which it directly quoted a “senior Israeli official” — who according to the JPost had contacted the Times...
May 13, 2013: Life Goes On
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)...
May 12, 2013: Calling Your Attention…
To a variety of matters, each briefly. I begin with the Borovsky family — the widow and five orphans left behind when Evyatar was brutally...
May 9, 2013: Hold Fast to the Hope
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...
May 6, 2013: The Eternal City
Jerusalem. And today we are celebrating Yom Yerushalayim — Jerusalem Day — the anniversary of the liberation by Israeli troops of eastern (historic Jewish) Jerusalem,...
May 6, 2012: Following Through
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...