So we waited patiently — or impatiently, as the case may be — to hear what would come out of the Obama-Netanyahu meeting today.  We

As I write, we are perhaps 24 or 36 hours from the meeting Obama will have with Netanyahu at the White House.  There is much

Happy Independence Day to America!    May Americans be mindful on this day of the values of the founding fathers. ~~~~~~~~~~ Before I pick up with decidedly

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat)  A change of pace — there is time tomorrow for a return to the news, which certainly brings no great joy

In my last posting, I referred to PA president Mahmoud Abbas wearing his “moderate” suit.  Well, he’s still wearing it.  Abbas, reaching out to the

Special Envoy George Mitchell is here, and resuming “proximity talks.”  There are reports that even now — why wait until he comes to Washington? —

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, that is, with regard to carrying out the municipality’s development plan, which will include the demolition of 22 illegally-built houses in

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat)  There are times, and this is one of them, when I feel pulled in multiple directions as I consider what to

  What you see above is a picture of the Od Yosef Chai Synagogue and Yeshiva (place of Jewish study) in Yitzhar in Samaria.  I

I asked the question in my last post as to whether there will be gain with regard to the Security Cabinet’s decision to allow all