Category: Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
If you believe Bassem Eid (Ayyad), then you know that Palestinian Authority (PA) leaders have lost their authority among the population they are supposed to represent and the people would rather be part of...
The Arabs who now call themselves Palestinians have a national anthem. Actually, their current anthem is supposedly their second. The lyrics of the first were written in 1934 by Ibrahim Tuqan and expressed opposition...
Given the latest admission by Ben Rhodes concerning lies told to the American public (and Congress) about the Iran Deal, is it not time to reconsider the smearing campaign waged against Netanyahu for having...
Interesting how my computer updates all the time whether I want it to or not and the Israeli government, with an outdated electoral system that does not really work anymore, does not. I, along...
Thoughts on Yom Haatzmaut: I have a Jewish heart inside – a heart that beats to a 4000 year old rhythm. Whether I’m in Melbourne or in Jerusalem or in the last remaining unexplored...
If every country has the right to select its own anthem and vote the anthem into law as is customary to do, then Israel has the same inalienable right to our anthem – HaTikva....
I wonder about a “People” that is willing, from the get-go, to define themselves as a failure: The Nakba is, for the Arabs who now call themselves Palestinians, their defining moment. The Arab defeat...
I raised a few eyebrows when I posted a link to Bassem Eid’s new article, saying I endorse it. Friends wondered what had happened to me since I generally raise issues about why we...