The briefest of messages here, to be followed by more in days ahead: Abbas is not OK. Fatah does not represent the good guys. Anyone

As I do my last posting until next week, I offer this summary of events in Gaza: Hamas has taken the last Fatah stronghold. And

In the course of a couple of days, we have managed to find ourselves with Shimon Peres as Israel’s president-elect and Ehud Barak as head

For personal reasons, there will be a hiatus in these postings – with new ones put up only sporadically for the next two weeks. Stay

Please see my most recent article , which addresses the issue of Iranian support for Fatah — putting the lie absolutely and equivocally to the

L-F-P is the acronym that Yoram Ettinger — former Israeli consul and consultant to governments — uses for "Land for Peace." The notion that if

With all I have already written on the subject of the Six Day War and Israel’s rights (previous posting), I would like to return to

We are now marking the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War. It is a war that is still studied in war colleges. Some —

"Res 242" Today I attended a conference — "Israel’s Right to Secure Boundaries: 40 Years for UN Security Council Resolution 242," sponsored by the Jerusalem

Israel is deeply concerned about the academic boycott recommended by the British Union of Colleges and Universities (UCU) — uneasy that this will spread to