June 13, 2007: Sure Not Good
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...
June 10, 2007: Our Lessons
For personal reasons, there will be a hiatus in these postings – with new ones put up only sporadically for the next two weeks. Stay...
June 8, 2007: Fatah and Iran
Please see my most recent article , which addresses the issue of Iranian support for Fatah -- putting the lie absolutely and equivocally to the...
June 7, 2007: L-F-P
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...
June 6, 2007 (2): Reprise
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...
June 6, 2007: Forty Years
We are now marking the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War. It is a war that is still studied in war colleges. Some --...
June 4, 2007: Res. 242
"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...
June 1, 2007: Sending Letters
Israel is deeply concerned about the academic boycott recommended by the British Union of Colleges and Universities (UCU) -- uneasy that this will spread to...
May 31, 2007: Nonsense
In Hebrew it's called shtuyote, and that is what I'm seeing. But it's hardly benign nonsense -- it's a patently ridiculous way of handling things...
May 29, 2007: Run-Off
Through most of the night, as votes in the Labor primary were counted, MK Ami Ayalon had a higher percentage, but toward the morning former...