June 12, 2017 “The World about Us” In my last posting I shared several ways in which Israel’s shifting relationships with other nations are yielding

June 8, 2017 “Perpetual Rollercoaster” It’s a “normal” situation for us.  We win some, we lose some. Yet, somehow, these last few days, that roller

June 6, 2017 “Fifty Years and Heading Up” June 5th marks fifty years on the secular calendar since the beginning of the Six Day War—a war

June 2, 2017 “A Mixed Report” In my last posting, I said I thought President Trump’s optimistic statements during his visit about Abbas wanting peace

May 28, 2017 “Special Days” How fraught with energy this past week was, with one event running into another.  Moving backwards… Yom Yerushalayim was celebrated

May 23, 2017 “Celebrate Yerushalayim!” Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) comes first! If you can tolerate a painful pun: it trumps news about Trump (who is here in

May 18, 2017 “Balagan of the First Order” The Hebrew word “balagan” means confusion or muddle. “Ezeh balagan”: what a mess. It is a most

May 15, 2017 “Say It Proud!” It’s about time!  Actually, past time. MK Avi Dichter (Likud), chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee,

May 12, 2017 “Up, Down, All Around” Sometimes even if we track the news carefully (or maybe especially if we track the news carefully) we

May 9, 2017 “Mercurial” It’s a given that the political scene is rarely static.  But the present – both here and in the US –