Here’s a short little story about J Street – the supposedly “pro-Israel” advocacy group that supposedly supports Israel, even if their student group can’t bring itself...
Tag - east Jerusalem
More debate on east Jerusalem, Israel and the Arab-Israeli...
Noam Sheizaf of Promised Land blog has responded. I wrote about his criticism of my east Jerusalem Shabbat post where I discussed some of the history of east Jerusalem as well as the reconstruction...
East Jerusalem Shabbat
The Hurva Synagogue has been rebuilt in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Old City is part of what is meant by “east Jerusalem” when people claim it belongs to the Palestinians. The Old City...
The Palestinians Believe They Have Israel in the Corner
The boxing match continues and Israel is about to get bloodied. As I’ve written in the past few weeks, the Palestinians believe the timing is propitious for them to pursue their endgame. I...
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...
A Zionist Responds
I am a Zionist. What that means on a very basic level is that I believe that the Jewish people have a right to self-determination, particularly in their historic homeland Israel and Judea. I believe...



