UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Extreme Malice and Stupidity!”ArleneMarch 15, 2019March 15, 2019 by ArleneMarch 15, 2019March 15, 20190648 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, 20190619 “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, 20190682 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, 20190572 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, 20190592 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
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Who Could Have Imagined This??”ArleneFebruary 28, 2019February 28, 2019 by ArleneFebruary 28, 2019February 28, 20190670 Not I. In all of the many years during which I have tracked Israeli pre-election campaigns, I have never encountered a campaign season like this
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “The Critical Roller Coaster of Israeli Politics!”ArleneFebruary 22, 2019February 22, 2019 by ArleneFebruary 22, 2019February 22, 20190608 For weeks I was reticent about the intricacies of Israeli politics as the first stage of the campaign began to heat up. It was all
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Rapist or Terrorist?”ArleneFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by ArleneFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 20190628 It would not be surprising if my title today has left you scratching your heads. As if a man can be one or the
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Stretching! Stretching!”ArleneFebruary 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by ArleneFebruary 15, 2019February 15, 20190596 To find upbeat news, that is. No, it is not easy right now. But it is important for all of us to focus positively from
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “The Haunting Face of Evil”ArleneFebruary 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by ArleneFebruary 12, 2019February 12, 20190747 Please, read to the end: When last I wrote, I spoke about the tears, the terrible sadness, evoked by the terrorist murder of Ori Ansbacher.