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. […]
