The simmering conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over the construction of a massive dam on the Blue Nile could have grave ramifications for Israel …no one can take a drop from Egypt’s water, and if it happens, there will be inconceivable instability in the region. – Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah …
Read More »From Israel: “Lifting Up from Horrible!!”
Whatever circles about us, here we are, in the midst of the High Holiday season. Rosh Hashana just past, Yom Kippur immediately before us. If ever there was a time to ask what it is all about, it is now. We are called upon, first, to look inward. For if …
Read More »MYTH: Palestinian maps reflect their goal of coexistence with Israel.
FACT: One of the principal criticisms of Israel’s desire to apply sovereignty to some or all of Judaea and Samaria (West Bank) as allowed under the Trump peace plan is that it will make a two-state “solution” more difficult, if not impossible. Setting aside the demographic issue (more than 100,000 …
Read More »Collapse of the Kerry Doctrine and End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
In January 1919, Chaim Weizmann, who would become the first president of Israel, signed an agreement with Emir Faisal, who would rule Syria and Iraq. Signed on the eve of the Paris Peace Conference at which the victors of World War I would determine how to administer the former colonies …
Read More »From Israel: “The Shift is Radical!!”
The US election is less than a week away, and, as I track the news, I have a growing conviction that Donald Trump will be in the White House for four more years. As Caroline Glick tweeted: “Spit three times, then say, ‘No evil eye, things look hopeful, things look …
Read More »From Israel: Do We Know What We Are Doing??!!
I am speaking at a national level here in Israel, not a personal level. Nevertheless, before Yom Kippur is absolutely the right time to ask the question. We have been watching the unfolding of a new international dynamic with several nations in turn – predominantly Arab/Muslim nations – agreeing/or giving …
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