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...
May 28, 2007: Politics
As I post this, there is not yet a clear winner in the Labor party primary. Barak and Ayalon are running so neck-in-neck that the...
May 27, 2007: Bad Scene
A critical continuation of my report on Lebanon, from a MEMRI special dispatch released yesterday: Al Hayat in London has just run an interview with...
May 26, 2007: Palestinians in Lebanon
Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) "Palestinians in Lebanon" I would like to look northward in this posting. Ultimately all of this affects Israel. ~~~~~~~~~~ In the...
May 24, 2007: Pushing Harder
Yesterday we observed the holiday of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) here in Israel: a festival carrying the same sanctity as Pesach and Sukkot, it commemorates...