Advertisements I recently wrote about the right-wing plans being floated for a one-state solution. In truth, of course, the idea really encompassed two states, with Israel encompassing what is now that state and also including the West Bank, and Gaza being a Palestinian state. Now, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor LiebermanContinue Reading

Advertisements The spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister’s office held a webcast today. Mark Regev, who is expert at talking with the media and is specifically geared toward English-speaking audiences, spent half an hour answering questions that had been submitted through Facebook. If Israel is smart, they’ll have Regev doContinue Reading

Advertisements DC theater at its best. That’s what we had today as the much-anticipated photo-op meeting between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took place. Both parties got what they wanted. Obama had a warm press conference with Bibi, sending the message that American-Israeli relations areContinue Reading

Advertisements The political mudslinging between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni over the failure of Israel’s siege of Gaza would be amusing if it were not so disturbing. The exchange basically comes down to Bibi saying that he inherited the Gaza siege from the previous governmentContinue Reading

Advertisements Few events are as badly misunderstood as the 2006 election that brought a stunning victory for Hamas. The factors that led to that electoral victory were: The perception that Fatah had failed utterly to make any significant gains for the Palestinian people The widespread corruption that was the normContinue Reading