Two Weeks of Incisive Commentary
February 21, 2008: Standing Strong
Before returning to current news items, I would like to refer back to one of the themes of yesterday's posting, regarding the inability of some Israelis (some Jews) to defend...
Commentary: A Word of Caution
A word of caution is in order today regarding what seem to be peaceful overtures.
Spain has just hosted a Spanish-Arab conference in Madrid that 19 members of the Arab League attended.
(It is, I will...
Israel Without Apology
Three decades ago, I was a Berkeley New Leftist with a political and personal problem. I had been born in Israel, and, though I didn't consider myself a Zionist, I certainly didn't want to...
Assessment: Gaining Perspective on the Larger Picture in Jerusalem.
As events in the Middle East unfold, it is hard to gain perspective on the larger picture of what is developing. After forty years of Israel and twenty five consecutive years of full time...
Incisive News Diary
Posting: August 25, 2008
"Words, Words"
What shall we call it? A lot of hot air? Declarations "signifying nothing"?
Barak said that Labor would resign the coalition if the budget were unsatisfactory. Shas ministers said they'd leave...
INSIDE VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: DENNIS ROSS’ S SPEECH AND THE J-STREET AGENDA: IS OBAMA...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=858&sec=3&title=INSIDE_VIEW_FROM_WASHINGTON:_DENNIS_ROSS%E2%80%99_S_SPEECH_AND_THE_J-STREET_AGENDA:_IS_OBAMA_RETREATING_FROM__PEACE_PROCESS_
Amy Spitalnick, media spokesperson for J-Street
photo by Rhonda Spivak
Ron Pundak, Director of the Peres Centre for Peace
photo by Rhonda Spivak
PA Ambassador Maen Areikat, Chief Representative of the PLO delegation to the U.S
photo by Rhonda...
Critique of Abu Mazen from a Pro-Palestinian Advocacy Organization
"Among the fancy new villas, fanciest is that of Abu Mazen, key negotiator of the ill-fated Oslo accord. It is not clear who paid for this $2 million-plus affair, all balconies and balustrades in...
Rethinking Palestine 2012
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/10/rethinking_palestine_2012.html
In 2011, Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), failed to win U.N. acceptance of Palestine as an independent state1. This year, he lowered the bar to upgraded status within the U.N. In...
The Million Person Gap: A Critical Look at Palestinian Demography
Executive Summary: Population statistics and predictions of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) are unreliable. A BESA study that subjects Palestinian demography to rigorous analysis shows that the 2004 Palestinian population of the...
READ COMMENTARY MAGAZINE ON NAKBA DAY: UN FORCES DO LITTLE OR NOTHING TO STOP...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1169&sec=1&title=_READ_COMMENTARY_MAGAZINE_ON_NAKBA_DAY:_UN_FORCES_DO_LITTLE_OR_NOTHING_TO_STOP_BREACH_OF_ISRAEL'S_BORDERS
Photo of grafiti on wall in Deheishe Palestinian Refugee Camp with map of Palestine that wipes out Israel
photo by Rhonda Spivak
Nakba Day sign in Ramallah put up by PLO (see bottom of sign).Photo taken...