Dear friends, I did not intend to post today, but – as has happened before – I realized that I must. Yesterday, I wrote about

It’s not dissipating, folks, but rather getting worse. Not an enormous surprise.   Here, I hope simply to touch on a few points, starting with a

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) It was announced at the end of last week that envoys of the Quartet – the US, the UN, the EU,

This is a difficult posting to write, because the issues are so complex.  But an exceedingly important one. Since I posted yesterday, there have been several

It has become apparent to me that some of my readers, living outside of Israel but totally devoted to Israel, have an inflated sense of

I have promised myself that I will attempt to stay cool as I research and report on world events.  Not unsurprisingly, agitation takes a real

Motzei Chag (After the Holiday) The Nation of Israel Lives Here in Israel, we have just completed Simchat Torah, a holiday of joyous celebration of the

I had no intention of writing now, before Shabbat. But I must. Because I have no confidence that the international news agencies will put this

Mahmoud Abbas delivered an address at the UN General Assembly yesterday.   Credit: presstv  It was the address that he had promised would include a

We are currently in the middle days of Sukkot.  It is not a full holiday, but a half-holiday, still filled with joy. I thought perhaps