Posted March 18, 2007
I would like to paint an upbeat and optimistic picture of the situation here. But I cannot. Not today, at any rate. My feeling is...
Posted March 17, 2007
Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) Well, the Palestinian National Council approved the new unity government today, with 83 votes out of 87 council members participating. (There...
Posted March 16, 2007
In response to a reader query, I begin with an explanation of the difference between the PLO and the PA. The PLO, founded in 1964,...
Posted March 15, 2007
The ides of March, and here in Jerusalem spring has taken a hiatus: we have hail, wet snow and heavy rain. But while it’s cold...
Posted March 14, 2007
The Arabs are playing games, but there is nothing funny about it. They’re attempting to put the squeeze on Israel as a step towards destroying...
Posted March 13, 2007
When the gov’t released $100 million in tax revenues to PA president Mahmoud Abbas in January, there was considerable criticism, followed by suggestions that the...
Posted March 12, 2007
Well…yesterday we were told that during their meeting Abbas assured Olmert that the release of Shalit was imminent, and that he would be working to...
Posted March 11, 2007
It’s fairly intolerable from where I sit. PM Olmert hosted PA president Abbas in his residence today. Prior to the meeting, the word out of...
Posted March 8, 2007
Word is that a deal to secure the release of Gilad Shalit is close. Reportedly, Israel will release some prisoners as "a gesture to Abbas,"...
Posted March 6, 2007
Well, we’ve gotten through Purim with celebration (and without a terrorist attack), and things are not too bad. Not great, for sure, but better than...