UncategorizedSeptember 9, 2008: Warming That MolassesArleneSeptember 9, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 9, 20080219 Yesterday I wrote that the process of removing Olmert from the government is as “slow as molasses.” But what I’m seeing now might — just
UncategorizedSeptember 8, 2008: Slow Like MolassesArleneSeptember 8, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 8, 20080202 Getting rid of Olmert is that slow. At long last, after months of investigation, the police on Sunday evening recommended that Olmert be indicted on
UncategorizedSeptember 4, 2008: HopeArleneSeptember 4, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 4, 20080183 Yes, hope. I didn’t realize how hungry for it I was, how bereft of it I felt, until today… I sit here, along with many
UncategorizedSeptember 1, 2008: Not To BeArleneSeptember 1, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 1, 20080194 According to Wafa Amir, writing for Reuters, Abbas told Olmert yesterday that the PA would not be part of any interim agreement. What is more,
UncategorizedAugust 31, 2008: A Strong StandArleneAugust 30, 2008 by ArleneAugust 30, 20080180 According to a Friday report by Ben Caspit in Maariv, subsequently carried in The Jerusalem Post, Arutz Sheva and elsewhere, a decision has been made
UncategorizedAugust 29, 2008: UnrestArleneAugust 28, 2008 by ArleneAugust 28, 20080204 Since Rice’s visit earlier this week, there are suggestions that the pace of our negotiations with the PA have accelerated and that something secret is
UncategorizedAugust 25, 2008: Words, WordsArleneAugust 25, 2008 by ArleneAugust 25, 20080197 What shall we call it? A lot of hot air? Declarations “signifying nothing”? Barak said that Labor would resign the coalition if the budget were
UncategorizedAugust 24, 2008: Budget MachinationsArleneAugust 24, 2008 by ArleneAugust 24, 20080200 Budget is always connected to politics, but this time around it seems more so than usual — because of the instabilities of our current situation.
UncategorizedAugust 22, 2008: Caught BetweenArleneAugust 22, 2008 by ArleneAugust 22, 20080230 Never mind that Israel isn’t flexing her muscles to the maximum that she might, she is, in no regard a superpower. And when the dynamics
UncategorizedAugust 20, 2008: ScaryArleneAugust 20, 2008 by ArleneAugust 20, 20080202 I cannot think of a better word to describe the current international situation, which seems only to be worsening over time. We’ve got Russia moving