The Bottom Line
When I hear about dips in Israel’s unemployment rate, I am reminded of a Gary Larson “Far Side” cartoon, in which a group of dogs gather around a...
E-TONE
If there is any chance Ayn Rand filled out a 2012 NCAA March Madness bracket , now would be a good time to get your hands on it. In things as unpredictable as the annual...
Window on Israel
The current uncertainty is profound, but presents opportunities as well as threats.
Most of the attention is on Iran, widely assumed to be moving toward nuclear weapons,...
Green-Lined
This paper has reported this morning that Jerusalem Police have raided a Jerusalem apartment in Ramot, arresting a “right-wing activist” while seizing “...
Egypt's Missing...
I have to admit that I am worried about the Muslim Brotherhood’s growing influence and power here in my Egypt. However, before jumping to conclusions, we first need to know...
Conflicted Land
“You can either have peace with Hamas or peace with Israel,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a public statement Monday,...
Israel up close and...
Speaking at the Herzliya Conference on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom told delegates that in the Middle East the "Iran is trying to revive the...
The Wilder Way
Where are American Tax Dollars being spent?
According to ForeignPolicy, in an article titled: Hard times in Hebron the United States:
has spent $...
Levant in Focus
By Tony Badran
If there is one group in Syria that embodies the trans-national currents running through Syrian society, and which is likely to have increasing...
From the USA to the IDF
The car horns went off all around us, the drivers offering their encouragement for us to press on for the final leg of our journey. We were in our fifteenth hour of the hike...
The View from Israel
Mahmoud Zahar, the ugly Hamas Spokesman, he’s the bearded idiot with a wart on the end of his nose, opened the new year of 2012 with the nonsense that Palestinians in...
Mitzner's Blitz
When European right-wing parties gain in polls and win elections, newspapers overflow with articles declaring the end of democracy. Following the Swedish parliamentary...
The Other View
In a development that gave the Palestinian leadership a significant hand up, the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...
The Big Ben Theory
The news brought on mixed emotions. The Attorney General held a shocking press conference, stating, “I have agreed to, with the consent of our President and cabinet...
The Eisenman Line
This article is actually part of a series, I have been doing, which should probably be called, “Downhill from Sinai.”
As an example, let us follow one...