December 5, 2011: Keeping Afloat
Last night I attended a multi-part event at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, with the theme “Defending Israel and International Law”: It was, first, a...
December 4, 2011: The Outrage Compounded
Last week I responded to the ludicrous statement of Obama, that “this administration has done more in terms of the security of the state of...
December 2, 2011: Spin Like a Top
That’s what can happen to your head as you try to make sense out of the news — for it is forever shifting and changing. ...
December 1, 2011: Tough Going, with Glimmers of Light
A goof, which a handful of readers caught and which I correct here: The PA became a member of UNESCO, not UNICEF. Sorry. It may...
November 29, 2011: That Sound You May Hear…
Is yours truly, banging her head against the wall. Prime Minister Netanyahu has just announced that Israel may release to the PA tax funds that...
November 28, 2011: A Menace to the West
Today this news, which was released on Friday, takes precedence. From the NY Times:“The White House on Friday threw its weight behind Egypt’s resurgent protest...
November 27, 2011: First the Good
There’s a marvelous new PBS documentary film about Israel that will be premiered this week: “Israel Inside — How a small nation makes a big...
November 26, 2011: Is Anyone Surprised?
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) On Thursday, I wrote: “After two hours of talks in Cairo today, PA President Mahmoud Abbas and head of the Hamas...
November 24, 2011: He’s Not Buying It
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is not remotely convinced, nor should he be: In certain quarters of the international community the idea is being promoted that...
November 20, 2011: That Unity Government
Various sources — which differ in some particulars — seem to concur that there has been a breakthrough with regard to a Fatah-Hamas unity government. ...