Analysis
Israel on the Offensive
For many it has long been a given, for others a progressive journey of discovery and others still a startling and sudden realization. Whatever...
Retraction, Renunciation, Rejection, Repudiation: Reconsidering the Goldstone Report
At the close of a week heavy with international change, natural and political trauma, as the American nation awaited news about its economy and its President's second term candidacy, Richard Goldstone, retired South African justice,...
Chavez Embraces Gaddafi and Tehran
The Libyan war has nothing to do to with humanitarian concerns, a senior member of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ruling party said this week. According to Carlos Escarra Malave, vice president of Venezuela's standing committee on...
From Napoleon to Mubarak: Jews and Revolution
Jews with a strong historical sense may be excused for their uncertainty about how to respond to the revolutions and armed conflicts currently rocking the Middle East. We have seen the enthusiasm before: dawn of...
‘Never Again’ Is Not Just a Slogan
Following the Holocaust, two phrases stand out above all others as concrete universal Jewish resolutions. The...
Stop Kvetching. Self-Publishing Is Here To Stay – And Vaulting Ahead
Since the publication of my Huffington Post article on the merits of self-publishing in December 2010,...
Is the US repeating with the Egyptian president the errors it made in handling the Shah?
In late 1978, US president Jimmy Carter faced a situation in Iran that looked strikingly...
Beirut Calling
Lebanon, not Egypt, may determine the fate of democracy in the Middle East. Despite the media's...
How the Israelis Interpret Obama’s Policy on Egypt
In a striking newspaper column in the liberal Israeli daily, Ha'aretz, its chief diplomatic correspondent, Aluf...
Israel on the Offensive
For many it has long been a given, for others a progressive journey of discovery and others still a startling and sudden realization. Whatever the...
Retraction, Renunciation, Rejection, Repudiation: Reconsidering the Goldstone Report
At the close of a week heavy with international change, natural and political trauma, as the American nation awaited news about its economy and its...
Chavez Embraces Gaddafi and Tehran
The Libyan war has nothing to do to with humanitarian concerns, a senior member of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ruling party said this week. According to...
From Napoleon to Mubarak: Jews and Revolution
Jews with a strong historical sense may be excused for their uncertainty about how to respond to the revolutions and armed conflicts currently rocking the...
‘Never Again’ Is Not Just a Slogan
Following the Holocaust, two phrases stand out above all others as concrete universal Jewish resolutions. The first, 'Zachor' (to remember), is to ensure that the past...
Stop Kvetching. Self-Publishing Is Here To Stay – And Vaulting Ahead
Since the publication of my Huffington Post article on the merits of self-publishing in December 2010, I've received mostly positive -- and appreciative -- comments. But...
Is the US repeating with the Egyptian president the errors it made in handling the Shah?
In late 1978, US president Jimmy Carter faced a situation in Iran that looked strikingly similar to what President Barack Obama is dealing with today...
Beirut Calling
Lebanon, not Egypt, may determine the fate of democracy in the Middle East. Despite the media's recent focus on Egypt, events in Lebanon may well tell...
How the Israelis Interpret Obama’s Policy on Egypt
In a striking newspaper column in the liberal Israeli daily, Ha'aretz, its chief diplomatic correspondent, Aluf Benn, writes that if Jimmy Carter went down in history...
The Devolution of Pakistan
Turning on the news these days, one is likely to be inundated with coverage of newly-minted Speaker of the House Boehner's proclivity to cry on...
The West Bank’s Airspace – The Forgotten Factor of Israeli Security
It should have come as no surprise that in the Wikileaks documents that were published this week, Maj. General Ido Nechushastan, as head of the...
Opinion: The Israeli Vacuum, What Happens Next?
In the recent past there seems to have been a decline in overt aggressive hostility towards Israel. Defense Minister Ehud Barak was even prompted to announce that 2010...
Durban III & Your Tax Dollars
The good folks at the U.N., the people with their hands on the money spigot and the never-ending demand for more U.S. tax dollars are...
Unfinished Business: The Great Recession
Looking back on 2010 and the Great Recession, I continue to be enraged by the lack of accountability for those who wrecked our economy and...
