How Big Is The Jewish Quarter?
When Mark Twain arrived in the Holy Land in 1867 he saw a barren land with few inhabitants. His depiction of Land of Israel is as follows: “The further we went the hotter the sun got, and the more…
A NATION IN PROTEST: Breaking The Illusion and The Need For A New Israeli Ethos
More than 15 years ago I was dragged out of the Neve Dekalim Synagogue by four soldiers and then bussed out of Gush Katif. In those moments I wondered why and where the protest movement to stop one of…
Trump should let the Quartet die with James Wolfensohn
James Wolfensohn, the former president of the World Bank Group, passed away on Nov. 15, and in the conclusion of his obituary, The New York Times quoted his “mission impossible” quip about his envoy experience with the Quartet on the Middle…
Why Is Israel’s Deep State So Scared About Jonathan Pollard Moving To Israel?
Former PM Ehud Olmert attacked the US government’s decision to nullify Jonathan Pollard’s parole restrictions. “We don’t owe him anything,” said Olmert. “His coming to Israel will only increase the fallout from his case.” Nothing seems stranger than the…
J Street Uses A Pro-Terrorist EU Bureaucrat To Malign Jewish Neighborhoods
J Street, in a mid-November email appeal, quoted an unnamed “top EU diplomat” in its tirade against an Israeli government call for bids for new homes in a nearly 30 year-old Jerusalem neighborhood where Ethiopian Jewish and Russian immigrants…