UncategorizedFrom Israel: An Unholy and Ugly MessArleneAugust 12, 2018August 12, 2018 by ArleneAugust 12, 2018August 12, 20180636 The status quo with Hamas is intolerable and dangerous. That is the given. But we continue to operate on the cusp of war without reaching
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Deplorable!!ArleneAugust 10, 2018August 10, 2018 by ArleneAugust 10, 2018August 10, 20180753 We should ask ourselves, again, and again, how we got into the situation in which we have found ourselves. The question is of key importance,
UncategorizedFrom Israel: FizzleArleneAugust 8, 2018September 14, 2018 by ArleneAugust 8, 2018September 14, 20180636 After all of the hullabaloo, all of the analyses about deals that might take place between Hamas and Israel, and between Hamas and Fatah, it
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Distressed and FuriousArleneAugust 5, 2018August 5, 2018 by ArleneAugust 5, 2018August 5, 20182 950 My friends, I had held off posting right before and again right after Shabbat because the situation here has been enormously lacking in clarity, and
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Modeling InsanityArleneAugust 2, 2018August 2, 2018 by ArleneAugust 2, 2018August 2, 20180689 Most of you are familiar with the saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” This
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Menace in the NorthArleneJuly 30, 2018July 30, 2018 by ArleneJuly 30, 2018July 30, 20180620 Today we consider the enormous unrest in the north. What I present here is an overview of a vastly complex scenario – encompassing several players
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Give Me a Break!ArleneJuly 26, 2018July 26, 2018 by ArleneJuly 26, 2018July 26, 20180645 On July 19, the Knesset passed Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People. The furor that has ensued since then has
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Crossing a Red Line!ArleneJuly 23, 2018July 26, 2018 by ArleneJuly 23, 2018July 26, 20180702 When last I posted, I spoke about the murder by a Hamas terrorist of Aviv Levi, an IDF soldier who was at the Gaza fence
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Malice and MadnessArleneJuly 22, 2018July 22, 2018 by ArleneJuly 22, 2018July 22, 20180637 And sometimes pure evil. Today is Tisha B’Av, the saddest day of the Jewish year. A day on which we mourn for the destruction of
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Hard and Necessary ChoicesArleneJuly 18, 2018July 18, 2018 by ArleneJuly 18, 2018July 18, 20180624 Two news items as I begin today’s discussion: 1) On Sunday, the Al-Nirab airbase, in northern Syria outside of Aleppo, was attacked. This is a