Gidon Ben-Zvi
ARTICLES BY: Gidon Ben-Zvi
Obama’s Dithering is an Opportunity to Reassess U.S.-Israeli Relations
U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for the use of force in Syria risks setting a precedent that could limit the power...
What Obama Can Learn From Netanyahu on Syria
It appears that a military strike by the United States on Syria is imminent. Yet, while developments in the Middle East are forcing the Commander...
Will Syria Be the Graveyard of Obama’s Presidency?
Rarely has an administration looked as inconsequential as President Barack Obama's did this week. A year after Obama warned the Syrian regime that using chemical weapons...
Five Surefire Signs You’re About to Lose Your Job
On August 9, the U.S. Department of Labor released the results of an exhaustive 10-year study into the most common symptoms associated with a dying...
The Guardian’s Vilification of Settlers is Illogical and Immoral
In an August 12 article the Guardian's Jerusalem correspondent Harriet Sherwood reported that, "In highly contentious moves heralding the renewal of Middle East peace talks this...
Western Media Ignores Hamas Crackdown on Journalists
Poor Harriet Sherwood, missing the big picture while obsessively reporting about the latest round of Middle East peace talks that promise to end the six-decade-old...
What Bibi Can Learn From Baseball
It was while watching the first baseball game of the 2013 Maccabiah that I went into a dream, from which I woke up with the...
European Sanctions on Israel Destroy Two-State Delusion
On Tuesday, the European Union initiated a directive requiring member states to boycott Israelis living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. This decision by the...
Dancing Despots: Morsi and Mubarak to Appear on Dancing with the Stars (SPOOF)
Season 17 of the competition show Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) will feature ailing former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and his successor, the recently deposed...
What if Clark Kent Were a Drug Smuggler?
Looking to duck out of life for a couple of hours, I recently cart wheeled into Jerusalem's Globus Binyaney HaUma movie theater, where I saw...
Channel 10 News: Chasing Jewish Terrorists, Hiding Arab Vandals
Channel 10 News has dedicated much airtime over the last couple of days reporting on the puncturing of tires on 28 vehicles in the Arab...
Should Israel’s Security be Sacrificed at the Altar of ‘Regional Stability’?
Check out the front page of Monday's (May 6th, 2013) edition of The Guardian and your hair will be blown back by this scorching headline:...
Want it all? Get your Head Back in the Clouds
By Gideon Ben-Zvi You may have missed it, but being mediocre is all the rage. Talent, ambition and innovative thinking may be lauded in...
From Dry Bones to Start Up Nation
On May 15th, 1948 a certain national myth became a reality. Though Jews weren't the only landless people to walk the earth at the time,...
