(Originally published on Israel Hayom) Some things just do not make any sense, whichever way you look at them. Tel Aviv University’s award of the George S. Wise Medal, its highest honor, to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is one…
When the colonial powers gave up on their empire building schemes in Africa and the East, they transferred their physical control to one that was far more “humane,” economic control. The Europeans decided that battling determined independence movements in…
(Originally published on Arutz Sheva) Rather than an indictment of the ruling coalition, Barak’s recent “fire and brimstone” address was a harsh condemnation of the Israeli electorate for its infuriatingly stubborn refusal to disregard past experience. People who live…
In spite of all apparent reality to the contrary, and for reasons just as varied as the people, there may be a few individuals and interest groups who still wish for the survival of the Nigerian state as it…
This week’s Torah portion is Shlakh Lekha. As the Hebrew Nation mobilized to liberate the Land of Israel from Canaanite rule, Moshe dispatched a team of twelve tribal chiefs – each the spiritual leader of his tribe – to spy…
(Originally published on Israel Hayom) Tuesday was International Yoga Day, an initiative of the United Nations. Irina Bokova, the UNESCO director general, gave a speech on the occasion to those who had been waiting in breathless anticipation. “This is…
It is not often when you get to sit with a truly special person. I first met Chief Rabbi Hiben Daniel on my way to the Kotel last year. He informed me that he was the head of the…
(Originally published on Israel Hayom) In Michel Houellebecq’s dystopian novel, “Submission” (2015), which takes place in an imaginary France in 2022, when the Muslim Brotherhood has won elections and rules the country in alliance with the Socialists, the non-Jewish…
History will mark Israel’s election last year as a watershed moment. Whether the country fully identifies and supports Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu really doesn’t matter. As Minister Zeev Elkin said yesterday, “Likud’s victory saved Israel.” The State Department dispatched…
(Originally published on Arutz Sheva) A comprehensive Israeli policy declaration accepting, in principle, the Arab Peace Initiative (API), with requisite adjustments to accommodate Israel’s security and demographic needs, as a basis for negotiation. Key political measure in plan entitled…