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Incisive Commentary
Posting: January 9, 2008
"Uneasy Hearts"
There may be a lot of hoopla with regard to Bush's visit here. But many Israelis find there is little genuine joy in their hearts at the arrival of the...
Incisive Analysis
Posting: December 23, 2007
"Fatah"
In case there was even the slightest doubt in anyone's mind -- in case anyone might have wondered if maybe, just maybe, Fatah was moderating -- allow me to provide this...
Applying Jim Crow to Israel: An Open Letter to Secretary Rice
Madame Secretary,
Allow me to introduce myself. I am an American-born Israeli, and since my early childhood I have been sympathetic to the civil rights movement in the US, and human rights movement around the...
Middle East Coverage: Philadelphia Bulletin December 11-14th
This news item was prepared in cooperation with Noam Bedein, head of the regional news service for Sderot and the Western Negev in southern Israel.
The first salvo was fired on Thursday at 7:30 a.m.
Four...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: December 15, 2007
Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat)
"Har Homa"
The plans to build further units in Har Homa -- they would not extend Har Homa, but would be built inside the area already established -- were...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: December 13, 2007
"When Does It Get Better?"
"The resignation of Sderot's mayor constitutes a great victory for the Palestinian resistance. This is a political victory, a victory for morale, it adds to the humiliation...
Incisive Commentary
December 6, 2007
"Stumbling Blocks"
Here we have, as if they were needed, more reasons why negotiating with the PA is impossible:
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council has passed a law (first reading) saying that any concession...
DAVID BEDEIN: ON ASSIGNMENT IN ANNAPOLIS FOR THE PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN
11/26/2007
"The Annapolis Summit Has Begun"
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in the U.S. yesterday and said that Israel would take a positive view of Syrian participation in the Annapolis conference and negotiations...
On the Jewish Question in Annapolis
Herewith some thoughts about tomorrow's Annapolis peace conference, and the larger problem of how to approach the Israel-Palestine conflict. The first question (one might think it is obvious but apparently not) is, "What is...
Israel Struggles With PLO’s ‘Right Of Return’ Demands
With the genesis of the Oslo process in 1993, what escaped the attention of the mainstream media in Israel and abroad was the continuing insistence of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) that all Palestinian...
