INTO THE FRAY: The UN vote on Jerusalem: A disturbing diplomatic debacle
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: The UN vote on Jerusalem: A disturbing diplomatic debacle (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) When India supports an anti-Israel resolution, while Croatia, Romania, and Ukraine do not—invoking ingrained anti-Semitism rings somewhat hollow, and alternative explanations are called for It appears this week on […]
THE LIMOUSINE THEORY: UNDERSTANDING POLITICS IN ISRAEL- HOW IT WORKS AND WHY IT DOESN’T
UNDERSTANDING POLITICS IN ISRAEL: THE LIMOUSINE THEORY How is it that, time after time, the electorate ends up with a gov’t adopting precisely the policy it urged voters to reject? http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Understanding-politics-in-Israel-The-limousine-theory-316478 THE LIMOUSINE THEORY (CONT): IRREFUTABLE ILLUSTRATIONS; EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES Through their unelected positions of influence and authority, civil society elites shape the political discourse and […]
INTO THE FRAY – Obama: Worse than Chamberlain?
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: Obama: Worse than Chamberlain? (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) “Iran will become a nuclear power. The only mystery over how that will happen is whether Obama was inept or whether he deliberately sought to make the theocracy…a strategic power.”– Victor Davis Hanson It […]
INTO THE FRAY: A Palestinian State? What could possibly go wrong?
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: A Palestinian State? What could possibly go wrong? (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) There is precious little reason to believe that any Palestinian state established in areas evacuated by Israel would not swiftly degenerate into a mega-Gaza overlooking greater Tel Aviv. It appears […]
INTO THE FRAY: Sinai – The descent into depravity
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: Sinai – The descent into depravity (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Ironically, the case of Sinai, once held up as the crowning vindication of the land-for-peace principle is likely to turn out to be its one of its most tragic and traumatic failures. […]
INTO THE FRAY : BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD- IRAN IN SYRIA & THE LESSONS FOR ISRAEL.
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD- IRAN IN SYRIA & THE LESSONS FOR ISRAEL. (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Only by resisting territorial concessions on the Golan, Israel prevented deployment of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on the fringes of the Galilee; only by […]
INTO THE FRAY: Israel’s ruinous right
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: Israel’s ruinous right (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Perhaps the gravest threat facing the nation today is the twin perils of a dangerous, delusional “Left” and an impotent, incompetent “Right”, unable to decisively and definitively discredit it. It appears this week on the […]
INTO THE FRAY: The ruinous results of “conflict management”
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: The ruinous results of “conflict management” (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) “Conflict management has not countered successful Palestinian efforts…to change crucial strategic facts on the ground with deleterious long-term implications on Israel’s security”. It appears this week on the following sites (in alphabetical […]
INTO THE FRAY: Decertifying Iran- A moral imperative. But now what?
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: Decertifying Iran- A moral imperative. But now (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) As the experience of 2003 shows, Iran will only abandon its nuclear program if confronted by what it perceives to be a tangible military threat It appears this week on the […]
INTO THE FRAY: The “Jordan-is-Palestine” Conference-Why I agreed to participate
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: The “Jordan-is-Palestine” Conference-Why I agreed to participate (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Of all the “Right-wing” alternatives for the two-state formula, the “Jordan-is-Palestine” concept is the only not one inconsistent with the underlying principles of the “Humanitarian Paradigm” It appears this week on […]
INTO THE FRAY: Oslo at twenty-four – Failing the “crystal ball” test
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: Oslo at twenty-four – Failing the “crystal ball” test (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) If Rabin had a crystal ball that allowed him to foresee the terrible trauma and tragedy the Oslo Agreements would cause, there is little doubt that he would have […]
INTO THE FRAY: Temple Mount attack & the demise of the “one-state” theory
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column: Temple Mount attack & the demise of the “one-state” theory (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Even after seven decades living under Israeli sovereignty, and over half a century after military rule over the Arab population was abolished, anti-Israel enmity is alive and kicking […]
