From Israel: “Heaven Help Us!”
Both here in Israel and in the US, there is so much dissension, so much hostility. My thought again and again is that this is...
From Israel: “With Pain and Bewilderment”
With all there is to write about, I have decided first to do a follow-up to my posting about the Ethiopian riots sent out last...
From Israel: “The Ethiopian Riots – Distortion and Truth”
Last Sunday, June 30, news broke that an unarmed Ethiopian 19 year old, Solomon Teka, had been shot dead by an off-duty policeman in Kiryat...
From Israel: “Unstable and Scary”
We cannot pretend otherwise: There is a great deal happening that evokes a very deep unease. This was my theme in my last posting –...
From Israel: “Surreal!”
So much, so much, seems not as it should be – or, at least, as we would, in the normal course of events, expect it...
From Israel: “WHAT Are They Thinking??!”
The workshop/conference in Bahrain has not even started yet, and we are being deluged by news reports about the Trump plan. Quite frankly, it is...
From Israel: “Hmm…A Different Take”
Yoni Ben-Menachem, a Middle East analyst with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, has advanced a highly plausible take on the situation surrounding the Bahrain...
From Israel: “So, Is It Annexation, or What?!”
I can tell you, dear readers, that it is not annexation. Before you panic, allow me to explain. My reasoning is quite positive: Last week, in...
From Israel: “Critical: Rise Up to Meet Them!”
Our many challenges, that is. It is so easy to ignore them, or minimize them. But we do not have the luxury of doing this. We...
From Israel: “Respite from the Lunacy!”
I wrote in my last posting about the passing of First Lady Nechama Rivlin, z”l. But I return to this subject briefly now because the...