UncategorizedSeptember 4, 2008: HopeArleneSeptember 4, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 4, 20080251 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, 20080274 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, 20080279 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, 20080290 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, 20080271 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, 20080285 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, 20080285 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, 20080303 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
UncategorizedAugust 18, 2008: Those PrisonersArleneAugust 18, 2008 by ArleneAugust 18, 20080315 The list of the 199 prisoners to be released has been finalized and published, and it is likely that they will be released at the
UncategorizedAugust 17, 2008: Bad NewsArleneAugust 16, 2008 by ArleneAugust 16, 20080305 Bad, bad news: According to Maya Bengal in Maariv today, Olmert has submitted a proposal on Jerusalem to Abbas in an effort to reach an