RIP Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon has died at 85, but you may be forgiven if you’re surprised that he was still alive in the first place. He had been in a coma since a devastating stroke in 2006, and it is easy to … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Israel/Palestine
Happy Chanukah!
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.] Chanukah began the night before Thanksgiving. But since it has eight days I still get a chance to wish you a happy one—tonight and for two more days, anyway. … Continue reading →
All the news that’s fit to print: the NY Times, the nipple, and the Jewish star tattoo
The Times chose to illustrate an article about genetic testing for breast cancer in Israel, a country with a high rate of the disease, with this photo: There’s been a lot of flak about the nipple—or to be more accurate, … Continue reading →
Article roundup on the Iran deal
Good piece by Jonathan S. Tobin: what are Obama’s Jewish supporters to do? In other articles on the Iran deal and its effects (particularly on Israel), see this by William Jacobson. In contrast to many previous foreign policy initiatives (or … Continue reading →
The Obama Doctrine bids us welcome our new ally Iran…
…and our new enemy, Israel. I get tired sometimes of writing “this is no surprise” about what the Obama administration does. But: this is no surprise. The word “historic,” which has been used in many articles about the deal with … Continue reading →
France tries to stop the US…
…from appeasing Iran and selling out Israel. Yes, you heard that right. [ADDENDUM: Some theories as to why France may have said “non.”]
Continue reading →Obama and Iran: a bad deal indeed
A message from Netanyahu to Barack Obama and John Kerry and the European international community: But Kerry and Obama have a very different definition of “bad” than Netanyahu, because their goals are—well, what are their goals, really? To pretend that … Continue reading →
Remembering the Lod Airport massacre
The Nairobi mall attack has conjured up memories of the first terrorist attack I ever remember: the Lod airport massacre. You may never have heard of it—or of Lod airport, for that matter, which is in Tel Aviv and was … Continue reading →
Can someone please explain this to me?
Israel releases terrorists in anticipation of talks with Palestinians. At this point I can’t say I really understand any part of it. These periodic releases—and periodic talks—keep happening, and there’s no reason to expect that anything good will come of … Continue reading →
Maybe we really are all one big family
Evidence? Gazan Palestinians hunger after some KFC, and plucky entrepreneurs are engaged in satisfying their cravings by smuggling it in from Egypt: “It has been a dream, and this company has made my dream come true,” says Mr. Shororo, an … Continue reading →
Is the Middle East becoming a has-been?
For the better part of a century the Middle East has been like a girl who was an ugly duckling turned into a swan, courted by all and sundry because of her newfound beauty and unaware that her looks might … Continue reading →
And in other news…
Did you know that Israel appears poised to become a massive exporter of natural gas and oil? Seems that way: Israel became energy independent on March 30, when the Tamar offshore gas field began pumping natural gas to Israel. In … Continue reading →