Before returning to current news items , I would like to refer back to one of the themes of yesterday’s posting, regarding the inability of

Back to the second, and final, day of the Jerusalem Conference. And today I want to look at some very different aspects of the difficulties

I am referring to the words of Foreign Minister Tzipni Livni. Today was the first day of the Jerusalem Conference — an all-day affair with

You’ll find no enormous credence given in these postings to what the Palestinians have to say; frequently their statements are best reviewed with a jaundiced

"Issues Coming Clear" It’s a balagan (a confused situation) and could make you crazy if you try to make sense out of what you read

"Totally lost?" Before I talk about being totally lost , I’m going to share something that brings a smile, because we desperately need to smile

Who can say precisely what is going on with negotiations currently taking place between Israel and the PA? I am tempted to say only the

Perhaps the best thing that happened here today is that the protesters from Sderot moved from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and blocked traffic on two

What we’re seeing today IS gut-wrenching, and I can only hope that the ultimate effect of all the bad news will be something positive, i.e.,

It is late and there will more to write shortly. But this brief posting is necessary because the outrage is too great for silence. Abandonment