The majority of people who call themselves "doves" or "left wingers" believe in land concessions for the sake of peace. Most do not believe that Judea and Samaria is actually Arab land, but they do believe that acceding to world pressure and Arab demands is the pragmatic way to move forward. Continue reading...
Obama is good for the Israeli sense of self. When I go to IDF reserve duty, the guys there always tell me the same thing: "We cannot do anything without America's say-so; we are a vassal state." I ask them: "What the heck is wrong with you? Where is your independence? Where is that famous brash bravado of the Israeli - the sense that we don't need anyone and can go it alone?" Continue reading...
Regress standing against progress. That is the gut-conclusion we reach when shown the images of black-clad haredim standing as a monolithic angry mob out to protest at the shiny Jerusalem offices of the mega-successful microchip maker Intel. Continue reading...
"A Jewish State, what is that supposed to mean? You call yourselves as you like, but I don't accept it, and I say so publicly." That was Mahmoud Abbas' response to Binyamin Netanyahu's demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish State as part of an eventual peace deal. What a classic Arab response to such a lame Israeli demand. Continue reading...