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Why A Two-State Solution Will Not Work For Israel
In early September, in my capacity as the head of the Sderot Media Center, I was invited to take part in a press conference in the Norwegian capitol of Oslo, together with the Israeli...
Incisive News Coverage of Israel
Posting: September 21, 2008
"Narrative"
In the Torah reading for this past Shabbat -- Ki Tavo -- Moses speaks to the children of Israel shortly before they cross the Jordan River "into the Land that G-d...
UNESCO, PLO Recognize Jerusalem As An Arab Capital
Contrary to a common assumption that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and its administrative arm, the Palestinian Authority (PA), demand "East Jerusalem" as a future capital for a nation state of Palestine, they actually...
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...
Jewish Group Calls On Obama To Cancel Carter Convention Speech
There is an unwritten rule that synagogues in the United States do not intervene in partisan American politics.
On Thursday, one of the largest synagogue organizations in the United States, the National Council of Young...
Insight Behind the News in Israel
Posting: August 8, 2007
"Tisha B'Av"
Immediately upon the close of Shabbat tomorrow night begins Tisha B'Av (the ninth of the month of Av), a day of Jewish national mourning because it is the day on...
Jews Observe Solemn Fast, Recall Historical Tragedies
This Sunday, Jewish people around the world observe the fast day that marks the ninth of Av on the Jewish calendar. The fast of the Ninth of Av is only one of two days...
Witness to a the FreeGAza.org press conference in Nicosia: A Slow Boat to Gaza
On Monday, a movement known as FreeGaza.org held a press conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, in which a group of 40 people from around the world announced that they would board two small boats to...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: July 31, 2008
"Just Suppose"
Political predictions are never written in stone, and certainly I make no claims that what I'm about to write here is anything other than a speculation. But I think it's...
Israeli Legislators Confront The UN: REPLACE UNRWA WITH UNHCR
Today, an unusual coalition of conservative and liberal factions, which usually war with each other, formed in the Israeli Knesset.
A broad-based coalition of Israeli legislators called a packed press conference at the Israeli parliament...
