UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Do Not Be Lulled!”ArleneMarch 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by ArleneMarch 29, 2019March 29, 20190664 I begin this posting with a caution about how “current” it will be when you read it. This may seem to be a strange statement.
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Redeeming the Intolerable?”ArleneMarch 26, 2019March 26, 2019 by ArleneMarch 26, 2019March 26, 20190597 In my last posting I discussed Israel’s failure to be tough enough – to create an environment of deterrence – with regard to terrorists residing
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “This Just Won’t Do!”ArleneMarch 25, 2019March 26, 2019 by ArleneMarch 25, 2019March 26, 20190595 Purim is over, and we are back to “normal,” whatever that actually is. Last Tuesday, the terrorist who murdered Staff Sgt. Gal Keidan and Rabbi
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Rage and Pain Multiplied!”ArleneMarch 18, 2019March 19, 2019 by ArleneMarch 18, 2019March 19, 20191842 We knew there was a strong possibility that Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger might not live, in spite of the valiant efforts of his doctors to save
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Damn, Damn!!”ArleneMarch 17, 2019March 17, 2019 by ArleneMarch 17, 2019March 17, 20190644 Perhaps it should not be unexpected, for there is frequently an increase in attacks before Purim, which comes later this week. But one can hope.
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Extreme Malice and Stupidity!”ArleneMarch 15, 2019March 15, 2019 by ArleneMarch 15, 2019March 15, 20190666 The air in Israel is heavy with tensions, but in many instances, for the wrong reasons. We are subject to so much nonsense: unfortunate sparring
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “We Are Not Total Idiots!”ArleneMarch 11, 2019March 11, 2019 by ArleneMarch 11, 2019March 11, 20190640 “We”? I am speaking of Jews: The Jews here in Israel, certainly. And some percentage of American Jews. I’ve been tracking the growing anti-Semitism in
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Caution — Danger!!”ArleneMarch 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by ArleneMarch 8, 2019March 8, 20190694 The danger is Benny Gantz as prime minister, in a very literal sense. And so I lead off with “Elephant in the room – highlighting
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Pulling Ourselves Out of the Quagmire!”ArleneMarch 5, 2019March 8, 2019 by ArleneMarch 5, 2019March 8, 20190586 About a week ago, a reader wrote to me that we should have good cheer: things were looking so bad, politically, that they were bound
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Otzma: Disavowing Political Correctness”ArleneFebruary 28, 2019February 28, 2019 by ArleneFebruary 28, 2019February 28, 20190604 There is quite a hullabaloo ongoing with regard to the inclusion of the Otzma Yisraelit faction on the Bayit Yehudi-National Union list (in a technical