Posted August 21, 2006
Today I am feeling just a slight ray of optimism, that things are not quite as bad as they have been seeming. Maybe this is...
Posted August 20, 2006
Friday night a commando unit from Sayeret Matkal (General Staff Reconnaissance Unit) executed an operation in Baalbek, in the Bakaa Valley; the IDF says it...
Posted August 17, 2006
Looking for the silver lining. Looks like Olmert’s "convergence" plan, which called for unilateral pullback in Judea-Samaria, may be dead (please G-d!). The last month...
Posted August 16, 2006
Mindful of all those who wait for these reports, I will continue to send them out to the best of my ability. But, I confess,...
Posted August 15, 2006
Difficult to know what to begin with, or how to describe the lunacy I am observing: — Lebanon my be on the verge of making...
Posted August 14, 2006
We are ending the first day of the ceasefire in Lebanon. Here in Israel we really didn’t expect it to hold even this long —...
Posted August 13, 2006
Nothing is simple, and that goes double for occurrences in Lebanon at the moment. What seems to be the case, may not be, and a...
Posted August 12, 2006
After Shabbat. It’s bad news, Resolution 1701, passed yesterday by the Security Council. Whatever gloss may be given to it, whatever partial elements it contains...
Posted August 11, 2006
I will go into Shabbat here in Israel before there is any decision regarding the proposed Security Council resolution on Lebanon. As I write, Lebanon...
Posted August 10, 2006
When I posted yesterday, the troops were on the march. Later last night, they were halted by order of PM Olmert, responding to tremendous pressure...