Incisive Commentary
Posting; March 5, 2008
"Could Be Worse"
The situation is not exactly wonderful, but truly something much worse than what we're seeing right now might have developed.
Condoleezza Rice has left. After meeting with Tzipi Livni today,...
“Peace Now” Delegation Visits with Arafat
At 11:30 a.m. yesterday, an assistant to PA Chairman Yasser Arafat came into his office in Gaza, carrying a small note. Arafat, without glasses, carefully read the note. Then he turned the note over...
Relocation of Businesses from Gush Katif
When Arik Sharon's first grandson was born, MK Zvi Hendel, then Sharon's friend, sent a huge bouquet of flowers from Gush Katif to the new grandfather. Lily was then alive, and the bouquet chosen...
How Israel is Covered in the Iranian Media
Overview
1. Iranian media and spokesmen continue to demonize Israel, accusing it of complicity with the West in plotting against Iran. The so-called plots pertain both to Iran 's internal affairs (such as the recent...
“Peace Activists” in the Middle East: Out of Their Depth?
Jerusalem, Israel
The news that a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist, Shadi Sukiya, was captured by an elite anti-terror unit of the Israel Defense Forces while hiding out in the Jenin offices of the International Solidarity...
WOMAN WHO PLANNED THE FLOTILLA TO GAZA LAUNCHES “ISRAEL APARTHEID WEEK” Hawida Araf says...
Hawida Araf
photo by Rhonda Spivak
Howard Davidson
photo by Rhonda Spivak
Daniel Thau Eleff, Howard Davidson
photo by Rhonda Spivak
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=908&sec=1&title=WOMAN_WHO_PLANNED_THE_FLOTILLA_TO_GAZA__WAS_AT_ISRAEL_APARTHEID_WEEK_HERE
About 35 people, including a handful of supporters of Israel and two University of Manitoba staff attended the talk...
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...
Antisemitism Embedded in British Culture
Antisemitism has been present in Great Britain for almost a thousand years of recorded history. In the twelfth century, Catholic medieval Britain was a persecutory society, particularly when it came to Jews. It pioneered...
REESA COHEN STONE ON ISRAELI ELECTIONS: WIN OR LOSE IT’S HOW THEY DON’T PLAY...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3206&sec=1&title=REESA_COHEN_STONE_ON_ISRAELI_ELECTIONS:_WIN_OR_LOSE_IT%27S_HOW_THEY_DON%27T_PLAY_THE_GAME
"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."
Gore Vidal
About 10 days ago, my daughter spent a day in Jerusalem with some cousins...
Hurricane “Arik”: Settlers as Scapegoats
Two images have haunted me since the nightmare we went through in recent weeks--the nightmare given the sterile title "disengagement", that was in fact no less than a hurricane, hurricane "Arik". One image is...