Bringing Bibi down
Over the past week, two writers published columns in foreign newspapers. One received wall to wall coverage in Israel. The...
Hamas
Why Latin America turned
Israelis can be excused for wondering why Brazil and Argentina unexpectedly announced they recognize an independent Palestinian state with its...
Empowering Israelis to express themselves
Imagine if 100 million Americans participated in the Tea Party movement. And then imagine that the movement had no impact...
Facing our fears
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must have given Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu quite a reception. Otherwise it is hard...
What the Palestinians buy with American money
Two weeks ago, a Palestinian from Bethlehem was arrested by the US-financed and trained Palestinian Authority security forces. He was...
The Age of Dissimulation
Years from now, when historians seek an overarching concept to define our times, they could do worse than refer to...
The Scott Brown Precedent and Israel
On Tuesday, US voters are set to repudiate US President Barack Obama's agenda for their country. Unfortunately, based on his...
Obama’s not-so-hidden agenda
Earlier this year, President Obama drove U.S.-Israeli relations - to use one of President Obama's oft-employed analogies - into a...
The perils of diplomatic theater
The current flurry of diplomatic activity is deeply disturbing. It isn't simply that the Obama administration has strong-armed Prime Minister...
Saad Hariri’s cautionary tale
Lebanon is a sad and desperate place. And its disastrous fate is personified today by its prime minister. All who...
The new Netanyahu?
Despite a multi-million dollar media blitz, Israelis are not buying the US-financed Geneva Initiative's attempt to convince us that we...
Washington’s Israeli allies
As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu heads to Washington for another stillborn round of talks with Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas hosted...
Accepting the unacceptable
Last weekend the mullahs took a big step towards becoming a nuclear power as they powered the Bushehr nuclear reactor. ...
Standing on a landmine
US President Barack Obama's warm endorsement of the plan to build a mosque by the ruins of the World Trade...
Guide to the perplexed
Israel's leaders are reportedly concerning themselves with one question today. Are there any circumstances in which US President Barack Obama...
Obama’s Misguided Iran Policies
February 14, 2009 Among the topics that President Obama covered in his first news conference on the evening of Monday,...