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Incisive Commentary
Posting: June 6, 2008
"Shifting"
The situation. Sometimes I see us simply going in the most frustrating circles, but now (very tentatively) I see a shift in some of what we're dealing with.
We might start with...
A Diary of Insight in Middle East Reporting
Posting: April 17, 2008
"Carter's Destruction"
Today is the day that Jimmy Carter -in defiance of requests from several quarters that he not do so-is going to be meeting with officials from Hamas. To achieve peace,...
“Tension in the North”
Posting: April 2, 2008
"Tension in the North"
A report by a 'top military intelligence officer" to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday included a warning that Hezbollah is getting ready for new violence...
Incisive Commentary from Jerusalem
Posting: March 24, 2008
"Fatah and Hamas"
Well, here we are in the midst of an ever-changing scenario that has yet to play itself out.
Officially, neither the US nor Israel has comment on the agreement signed...
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...
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...
Incisive Commentary from Arlene Kushner, Augu. 5th-10th, 2007
Posting: August 10, 2007
"Our IDF"
I want to return here to the issue of soldiers who refused to participate in evicting Hevron residents from the marketplace, Mitzpe Shalhevet.
The story as it was widely presented, was...
Proposed Palestinian State – US Asset or Liability?
1. THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSED PALESTINIAN STATE, AND ITS IMPACT ON REGIONAL STABILITY, TERRORISM AND AMERICAN INTERESTS AND VALUES are attested by the raging Palestinian civil war and by the track record of...
Sderot Tenses for the Next Round
An Israeli TV crew joined us on our trip to Sderot the other day.
They are in the process of shooting a short documentary on Gush Katif refugees in which we appear.
"The bombing of Sderot...
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...
