January 16, 2008: On the Way
Finally, finally, MK Avigdor Lieberman has resigned from his post as Strategic Affairs Minister and announced that he is pulling his party, Yisrael Beitenu, out...
January 15, 2008: Politics Trumps Law
I have written a few times about the dispute regarding Shalom House, the large building situated in the Israeli controlled area of Hevron. Sitting on...
January 14, 2008: Revisiting the Al Dura Case
Yesterday I heard Prof. Richard Landes of Boston University speak at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs about the Muhammad Al Dura case. He didn’t...
January 12, 2008: More on Bush
Glad to see him go, won’t be eager to have him come back. But there are a few observations to be made regarding his final...
January 10, 2008: Dangerous Dementia
"I believe it’s possible — not only possible, I believe it’s going to happen, that there will be a signed peace treaty [between Israel and...
January 9, 2008: Uneasy Hearts
There may be a lot of hoopla with regard to Bush’s visit here. But many Israelis find there is little genuine joy in their hearts...
January 8, 2008: First the Hope
I want to start with the news that’s hopeful, precisely because so very little is hopeful. According to a spokesman for MK Effie Eitam (National...
January 7, 2008: Bush is Coming
He arrives on Wednesday and leaves some time on Friday. For those of us who live here in Jerusalem we know what this means: incredible...
January 6, 2008: Understanding the Incomprehensible
To anyone with eyes open , the current political/security scenario truly is incomprehensible. And here we have a superb example of goings-on that leave one...
January 5, 2008: Telling It True
It’s a rare pleasure to read a forthright statement regarding the legality of settlements from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs — on their website...