UncategorizedDecember 31, 2007: Setting PrioritiesArleneDecember 31, 2007 by ArleneDecember 31, 20070328 That is what I’ve had to do in recent days, my friends. I have refrained from taking the time to post because I have beeen
UncategorizedDecember 23, 2007: FatahArleneDecember 23, 2007 by ArleneDecember 23, 20070343 In case there was even the slightest doubt in anyone’s mind — in case anyone might have wondered if maybe, just maybe, Fatah was moderating
UncategorizedDecember 21, 2007: Focus on GazaArleneDecember 21, 2007 by ArleneDecember 21, 20070357 There has been, in the last few days, greatly increased IDF action in Gaza. Not that major incursion, but military maneuvers that take out terrorists
UncategorizedDecember 18, 2007: BreathlessArleneDecember 18, 2007 by ArleneDecember 18, 20070328 That’s pretty much the state to which I am reduced by current international happenings: It’s hard to take a good breath in the face of
UncategorizedDecember 17, 2007: InsufferableArleneDecember 17, 2007 by ArleneDecember 17, 20070320 It’s not unexpected, none of it. But this makes it no less tolerable. The happenings at the "donor" meeting of 90 nations and agencies in
UncategorizedDecember 16, 2007: And So It GoesArleneDecember 16, 2007 by ArleneDecember 16, 20070304 A two year old was injured today by shrapnel from a Kassam that landed near the family home in Kibbutz Zikkim, near Gaza. The child’s
UncategorizedDecember 15, 2007: Har HomaArleneDecember 15, 2007 by ArleneDecember 15, 20070321 Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) The plans to build further units in Har Homa — they would not extend Har Homa, but would be built inside
UncategorizedDecember 13, 2007: When Does It Get Better?ArleneDecember 13, 2007 by ArleneDecember 13, 20070355 "The resignation of Sderot’s mayor constitutes a great victory for the Palestinian resistance. This is a political victory, a victory for morale, it adds to
UncategorizedDecember 12, 2007: PatheticArleneDecember 12, 2007 by ArleneDecember 12, 20070359 Pathetic isn’t even a strong enough word. Disgusting? Sickening? I am referring to the situation in which we find ourselves, in good part by virtue
UncategorizedDecember 11, 2007: PoliticsArleneDecember 11, 2007 by ArleneDecember 11, 20070338 A change of pace: we will look first, briefly, at some political happenings here in Israel: A new party, Hatikvah (the hope), has been formally