November 29, 2009: Confronting Realities
I begin today with an article I co-authored with David Bedein, which appears in today's Jerusalem Post: "Questions people are afraid to ask Salam Fayyad."...
November 26, 2009: Closer Look
I wrote last night not long after the announcement had been made by Netanyahu that there would be a 10 month freeze on building in...
November 25, 2009: Bad News
It's almost Thanksgiving in the US. I attended a shiur (a religious lesson) this morning, and a forum tonight, and I was going to pass...
November 23, 2009: One Step Further
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...
November 22, 2009: Deplorable
I began writing this post, earlier today, by talking about imponderables, and then focusing on Obama policy with regard to Iran -- which policy leaves...
November 20, 2009: A Different PA Angle
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...
November 19, 2009: UN Human Rights Violation
"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...
November 18, 2009: Slip-Sliding in the PA
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. ...
November 17, 2009: An Eruption of Reason?
Well, some reason, anyway -- and from a surprising source. The PA had appealed to the EU for support in their efforts to unilaterally declare...
November 16, 2009: Responding with Strength
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...