UncategorizedApril 29, 2007: Anticipating WinogradArleneApril 29, 2007 by ArleneApril 29, 20070368 Well, the interim report on the conduct of the Lebanon war is due to be released by the Winograd Committee tomorrow. But parts of it
UncategorizedApril 25, 2007: ConfirmationArleneApril 25, 2007 by ArleneApril 25, 20070452 It’s the day after Yom Ha’atzmaut, and still my mind will not let go. My sadness is deeper this year — that there is so
UncategorizedApril 24, 2007: Kassams on Independence DayArleneApril 24, 2007 by ArleneApril 24, 20070436 Yom Ha’atzmaut now draws to a close. As Arutz Sheva so aptly put it: "3,500 years old and 59 years young." ~~~~~~~~~~ "We have won
UncategorizedApril 23, 2007: Between Two PolesArleneApril 23, 2007 by ArleneApril 23, 20070426 It always astounds me: the way in which we move from a day of sadness to a day of joy in a sudden transition. But
UncategorizedApril 22, 2007 : Israel’s FallenArleneApril 22, 2007 by ArleneApril 22, 20070364 I have been asked to give my postings titles, so that they can be more easily relocated. And so, I will give it a constructive
UncategorizedPosted April 19, 2007ArleneApril 19, 2007 by ArleneApril 19, 20070443 So many of us here in Israel have been watching the Olmert government with something like horror. We are finding its policies to be cause
UncategorizedPosted April 18, 2007ArleneApril 18, 2007 by ArleneApril 18, 20070393 A bit of a balagan — which in Hebrew means a situation of confusion, a mess — is what has evolved here: Just days ago,
UncategorizedPosted April 16, 2007ArleneApril 16, 2007 by ArleneApril 16, 20070403 Well, let’s hear it for peaceful overtures. At a press conference in Damascus today, Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal indicated that Syria would like to
UncategorizedPosted April 15, 2007ArleneApril 15, 2007 by ArleneApril 15, 20070415 Tonight begins Yom HaZikaron l’Shoah ve l’Gvurah — Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and of Heroism, a somber day here in Israel. All places
UncategorizedPosted April 12, 2007ArleneApril 12, 2007 by ArleneApril 12, 20070405 As I report on what is happening in this part of the world, it is almost always implicit (sometimes I state it explicitly) that nothing