All eyes on Egypt, Israel’s waiting game
Israel is no exception among the world waiting to see what a new Egypt will look like as it wonders what Mubarak’s fall means for Israeli diplomacy.
Book Review: “The Finkler Question” by Howard Jacobson
This is one of those books who’s back cover does no justice to the plot or its themes.
This week in Israel: Hypocrisy
This week has been a somber and disheartening one in Jerusalem, with continued violence, tension, and arrests in Silwan and the demolition of the Shepard Hotel in Sheikh Jarrah marking the beginning of yet another Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
Peace on Earth and Mercy Mild…
Coming up on a new year is an exciting, hope-inspiring event that fills me with goals and wishes for a better life, new beginnings, perhaps new endings.
2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, frustrated by the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, declared last week that it is time to grapple with the “core issues of the conflict,” adding that the United States recognizes “that a Palestinian state achieved through negotiations is inevitable.”
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