Posts Tagged: Michael Widlanski
Ex-Prime Minster Olmert Faces Jail for Bribery, Judge Rebukes Claims of Witch Hunt
An Israeli court convicted ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert and other top officials for taking bribes in the most far-reaching corruption trial in Israel's history. It was...
Ehud Olmert’s Political Chess Game
Politicians, like chess-masters, have strategies and tactics with cute names."Ž Late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon used a variation of what we might call "The Pawn's...
Demography vs. Demagoguery: Europe vs. Israel
People who predict population trends need to learn from weather forecasters: when your forecasts are wrong more than right, go home before they lock you...
Denmark, Kashrut, and Anti-Semitism
Centuries after Shakespeare said "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark," we have hard proof of a big stink in Denmark and nearby Scandinavian countries. Only days...
Barack Obama’s Transformational Moment
President Barack Obama said he did not want just to be president but a "transformational president," and as he starts his sixth year in office,...
Ariel Sharon: The End of the Romance (OBITUARY)
Ariel Sharon was really two men: a brave and inventive army field commander turned politician who was unflappable in war and unscrupulous in peace. Ariel Sharon...
Christmas With Britain’s Jews
For many British Jews, Christmas is a special and even surreal experience. As Santa Claus tried to find his way amid gale-force winds and ice storms...
Not Much ‘Dreamin’ in California
What is reputedly the safest city in America—Irvine, California—is safely reached by flying into an airport named, appropriately enough, after John Wayne, the legendary...
California vs. Israel: The Grass May be Greener, But Not the Olives
Southern California's olive trees are taller and emptier than olive trees anywhere in Israel, because the California authorities specially treat the trees. They do not...
Blowing On Shimon Peres’s Candles
Normally, I would not raise a big stink about Shimon Peres's 90th birthday bash. When it comes to birthdays, I salute that great Western Jewish tradition...
Terror Never Left America’s Shores
Terror did not return to America at the Boston Marathon, because terror never left. There have been more anti-US attacks and abortive attacks (not including Iraq...
Islam’s Path to Africa
Muslims often say "sabeel Allah fi-al-sayf," "the path of God is by the sword," and this path, which once led to the gates of Vienna, or...
Israel’s Forgotten Corruptions
Journalists claim they are society's watchdogs, but in Israel they have gone to sleep, ignoring the moral and criminal corruptions of yesterday among some of the...
Tzipi Livni: Israel’s Proud Cream Puff
Some leaders are cream puffs, but few are as proud of it as Tzipi Livni, who showed that she relishes being identified with cream puffs. Israel's...
