Advertisements The past month has been nostalgic for me. The crisis over Ukraine and Crimea has felt and sounded, in the media and common conversation, very much like the halcyon days of my youth when the Cold War raged with all its mindless enmity. It’s a bit depressing to thinkContinue Reading
Mahmoud Abbas’ efforts have not succeeded. How much of that is due to him, how much due to Israel and the United States?Continue Reading
Advertisements Yesterday, an old Israeli “war hero” died. His name was Meir Har-Zion. He was a veteran of the Israeli military in its formative years after the creation of the state, and we should look very carefully at the re-telling, upon his death, of an incident that took place inContinue Reading
Advertisements Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the United States has ended in an unprecedented failure. On the Palestinian front, the Iranian front and the domestic US front, Netanyahu’s efforts last week ran badly aground. Let’s review the categories. Iran Netanyahu himself illustrated his greatest failure: his attempt toContinue Reading
Advertisements The failure of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians could lead to a significant shift in public opinion in the United States regarding Israel’s future, according to a new poll released Monday. When asked about two options in the event the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict wasContinue Reading
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