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...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: November 18, 2007
"Anyone's Guess"
Will the conference be held in Annapolis on November 27? Still possible, but looking less likely.
Khaled Abu Toameh is reporting in the Post that PA officials are saying they are...
Incisive Commentary from Arlene Kushner
Posting: November 11, 2007
"Protest"
I am in a holding pattern on personal matters. I cannot apologize for putting first things first -- for what matters more than attending to family when a new life is...
Incisive Commentary: Time for Action
Posting: October 25, 2007
"Time for Action"
As these are serious times, action in the US is called for. And so I ask each of you who is a US citizen to help.
Below you will find...
Incisive Commentary from Arlene Kushner
Posting: October 9, 2007
"Speechless?"
Not quite. It takes a lot to render me speechless. But the events of the last few days push me in that direction. The foolishness, the essential errors in thinking, the...
Incisive Commentary from the Past Ten Days
"A Pre-Sukkot Contemplation"
I received an e-mail from a very serious reader (who shall remain anonymous here, as I've not received permission to use his name). Things are dire, he told me with a heavy...
Commentary from Arlene Kushner
Posting: September 12, 2007
"There it is!"
Olmert and company exposed with their intentions out front for all to see.
We are not to "play into the hands of Hamas" by going into Gaza, you see. As...
UN Resolution 1701 Compromised
In a declassified report released this week and published by the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center located at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC), security officials make an official claim that...
Commentary from Arlene Kushner
Posting: August 27, 2007
"Dose of Reality"
Avi Dichter, Minister of Public Security, today said on Army Radio that Egypt's failure to stop the flow of weapons into Gaza is tantamount to support for Hamas.
"Any rational...