Well, President Peres has told the Knesset, which is beginning its winter session, that we will be going to elections. Part of the process down

Tzipi Livni, head of the Kadima party, informed President Peres late this afternoon that she could not form a coalition. Theoretically, Peres has the latitude

The Shas party has announced that it will not be joining a coalition headed by Tzipi Livni. This decision was made by its Council of

Never, in the time I have been doing these postings, have I received such a barrage of messages — the vast majority anguished and supportive

Motzei Chag (After the Holiday) For us here in Israel, the Sukkot-Simchat Torah holiday season has ended; in the Diaspora, it will be another day.

Tomorrow night begins the week-long festival of Sukkot, the most joyous of our holidays. The heartache of world events must not rob us of this

Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) Acre, or Akko — an ancient Mediterranean port city in the north of Israel with a mixed Jewish and Arab population

Yesterday was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Twenty-six hours in which we are to be, according to the tradition, as angels:

The idiocy of Ehud Olmert. He wishes to transfer to the Russian government rights to the Sergei Compound, which is part of the Russian Compound,

I devote this entire posting to an article of mine that just went up on YNet. This was a cry of the heart. At bottom