Posted February 12, 2007
Yesterday, in spite of some tough words by top officials, there was a slight hedging by Olmert with regard to the new PA unity gov’t....
Posted February 11, 2007
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the PA, caved to Hamas on Thursday in Mecca. Eager beyond all else to avoid civil war within the PA, he...
Posted February 8, 2007
Well, how about that! Yesterday I supplied a URL for a page on the Post that showed a picture from AP of the construction for...
Posted February 7, 2007
While I hope to post tomorrow, please know that personal considerations are likely to make it impossible for me to post again before Sunday at...
Posted February 6, 2007
Food for thought: This morning I attended a program at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs on Iran’s Holocaust denial and responses to it. In...
Posted February 2, 2007
It’s still technically winter here and we have days, yet, of winter weather. But already the earliest trees, the almonds, are in bloom. Tomorrow, Shabbat,...
Posted February 1, 2007
Professor Bernard Lewis, paramount Islamic historian and scholar, gave an interview to The Jerusalem Post that ran today. I draw here from his analysis and...
Posted January 31, 2007
Yesterday I reported the good news that Likud is way up in a recent poll and Kadima has pretty much fallen on its face. Today...
Posted January 30, 2007
Two weeks ago, at a rally for Fatah, PA president Mahmoud Abbas said, "Let a thousand flowers bloom, and let our rifles, all our rifles,...
Posted January 29, 2007
Israel suffered a terrorist attack this morning when a young Arab blew himself up in a bakery in Eilat. Three Israelis were killed and two...