Daily Archives: July 2, 2019

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 – the sense that matters are not as we might...

Bahrain conference: Nothing new under the sun

At the Bahrain conference last week, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner unveiled the economic portion of the administration’s “deal of the century.” The prevailing sentiment among the Arab states regarding the...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 19 –25, 2019)

On Friday, June 21, 2019, the weekly return march was held along the Israel-Gaza Strip border. About 6,000 Palestinians participated, slightly more than in recent weeks. During the rioters used familiar forms of extreme...