President Obama was helped greatly by the many Jewish voters and supporters who supported him. Obama’s relationship with Israel since coming to office has been troubling, to say the least, and...
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The Palestinian Endgame Enters High Gear
I was going to call this piece “Abbas Plays Poker” but then Khaled Abu Toameh wrote a piece in the J Post called Abbas’s Big Bluff in which he argues that Abbas has called for...
Shabbat Shalom
These three were taken by the exceptionally talented Tal Shavit and much of her beautiful work can be seen (in a larger size) on her account at Flickr. For those who want to see it, she also has a...
Bringing down part of the Barrier at Na’alin
One of the two key centers for Palestinian demonstrations against Israel, which have supposedly been non-violent, as long as stone throwing counts as non-violence, is Na’alin. Today some young...
Richard Goldstone – Dore Gold
Today at 5:00 PM Brandeis University hosted Richard Goldstone and Dore Gold to discuss the Goldstone Report. Well Dore Gold, Israel’s former ambassador to the UN and probably one of the primary...
Idan Raichel
Enough of the doom and gloom. Here’s something a little nicer coming out of Israel.
The Palestinians Think They Are in the Endgame
Among the Jerusalem Post’s blog posts, there is one today by Ira Sharkansky, a Hebrew University Political Science professor, called “Why the Stalemate.” Sharkansky also posts at...
A Galilee Shabbat
. . The talented Nehemia Gershuni who usually focuses on military subjects in his photos captured this image. More of his stuff can be seen on Flickr. . . . . BW Ruth’s beautiful eye captured...