UncategorizedSeptember 23, 2008: Yet AgainArleneSeptember 23, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 23, 20080365 There was a terrorist attack about 11 PM last night. An Arab, Kasem Mugrabi, 19, from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jebl Mukaber ran his
UncategorizedSeptember 21, 2008: NarrativeArleneSeptember 21, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 21, 20080405 In the Torah reading for this past Shabbat — Ki Tavo — Moses speaks to the children of Israel shortly before they cross the Jordan
UncategorizedSeptember 18, 2008: No BargainArleneSeptember 18, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 18, 20080371 So, Tzipi Livni has won the Kadima primary, making her the new head of the party, beating runner-up Shaul Mofaz not by the landslide polls
UncategorizedSeptember 16, 2008: InexcusableArleneSeptember 16, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 16, 20080389 In a word, Ehud Olmert is not even a poor excuse for a prime minister. For he has abandoned the Israeli narrative and lost the
UncategorizedSeptember 14, 2008: Rumors and GamesArleneSeptember 14, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 14, 20080387 Changes are rapidly approaching: There is the Kadima primary, scheduled for this Wednesday, and then, three months hence, the end of Bush’s administration — by
UncategorizedSeptember 11, 2008: Nine-ElevenArleneSeptember 11, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 11, 20080393 It’s been seven years since the horror of the World Trade Center destruction and the attack on the Pentagon. As with the Holocaust, the by-word
UncategorizedSeptember 9, 2008: Warming That MolassesArleneSeptember 9, 2008 by ArleneSeptember 9, 20080386 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, 20080392 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, 20080350 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, 20080373 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,