January 30, 2008: Winograd
Today at 5 PM local time the five person Winograd Committee -- which was hand-picked by Olmert after the uproar following the war, as a...
January 29, 2008: The Ludicrous and the Good
We'll start with several examples of the ludicrous , as a laugh now and then helps us retain balance. There is a photo I've seen...
January 28, 2008: Dire Prospects
"Dire Prospects" While there have not been official diplomatic relations between Iran and Egypt for decades -- since Egypt signed the peace treaty with Israel...
January 27, 2008: Worried Aplenty
In many of the photos I'm seeing of Olmert of late, he's chewing on his fingernails. You don't have to have a degree in psychology...
January 26, 2008: The Day of Reckoning
A good part of the Israeli populace is hoping -- and praying -- that the day of reckoning will come for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
January 25, 2008: In Our Faces
How long, I am forced to ask, do we continue with policies that are insanity? How long do we have a government that engages our...
January 24, 2008: Gaza Reality
First there was the comment cited in today's Post by Khaled Abu Toameh. One Ibrahim Abu Taha, a Palestinian from Gaza, had moved through the...
January 23, 2008: Challenging the Arrogance
I had written the other day about the army reservists who were starting to take action -- in anticipation of the final Winograd Report --...
January 21, 2008: Tu B'Shvat
Tu B'Shvat technically is the New Year for trees , which is of Jewish legal significance when the age of trees is calculated. It begins...
January 20, 2008: Gaza and Sderot
In the course of this past week , 160 Kassams and some 70 mortar shells have been fired from Gaza into the western Negev, primarily...