October 29, 2012: Time Grows Short
Until US election day, that is. I know some of my readers may be awaiting the megastorm Sandy and others may be into it already. ...
October 27, 2012: How About That!
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) The news broke yesterday that Likud, headed by Binyamin Netanyahu, and Yisrael Beitenu, headed Avigdor Lieberman, who is currently foreign minister,...
October 25, 2012: The Inside to Hamas
Since midnight last night, no rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel, although there was one mortar shell. This quiet is a result of...
October 24, 2012: How Much Is Too Much
Today alone more than 70 rockets and mortar shells have been fired into southern Israel from Gaza, with the Iron Dome intercepting seven Grad Katyusha...
October 23, 2012: And What Is There to Say?
I had expected to write an analysis of last night’s presidential debate today. But I had trouble watching it, never mind figuring out what to...
October 22, 2012: As Time Draws Near
Tonight is the last presidential debate and two weeks from tomorrow comes the election. Tensions are high and the sharing of credible information that impinges...
October 21, 2012: That Was Fast!
And it’s not OK. Last week I wrote that reports had been leaked that Prime Minister Netanyahu was going to bring the Levy Report, or...
October 18, 2012: Grappling with Complexities
Multiple complexities, actually. There is very little that is being dealt with these days that is simple and above board. Just days ago I cited...
October 17, 2012: The Levy Report
From where I sit, this is the news of the day. Back in January Prime Minister Netanyahu appointed a committee — consisting of former Israeli...
October 15, 2012: Reconcile This
Yesterday, the NYTimes ran an op-ed by columnist Ross Douthat — “The Mystery of Benghazi” — in which he describes the Obama administration’s “very strange”...