The reader comments to my posting yesterday were intense.  And in more than one instance I was asked why I don’t tell it like it

I began writing this post, earlier today, by talking about imponderables, and then focusing on Obama policy with regard to Iran — which policy leaves

Before I look at that angle (of necessity, briefly, before Shabbat), I want to add one other news item about Jerusalem housing that I inadvertently

“UN Human Rights Violation!” As those of you who read my postings regularly are probably aware, Anne Bayefsky, director of Eye on the UN, is

No standing firm on the ground for these guys.  With what I suppose they imagine to be nimble steps, they move this way and that. 

Well, some reason, anyway — and from a surprising source.  The PA had appealed to the EU for support in their efforts to unilaterally declare

The Palestinian claims continue: They’re preparing their state for unilateral independence. Abbas has already spoken to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.  PA leaders have already approached

…to understanding what is going on.  Not happy about what I’m seeing.  But also certain that what I’m seeing is not the whole story, and

November 11 is the day that WWI stopped, 91 years ago.  In the US, this day — which was once Armistice Day — is now

I really cannot say, as the situation is still too fluid and there remain too many unknowns.  It seems fair (and not particularly prescient) to