September 22, 2011

Turmoil in Jordan over WikiLeaks cables

The recent disclosure by WikiLeaks of cables sent by the American Embassy in Amman back in 2008 has created a storm in Jordan.  The King has accused the Americans of meddling in domestic affairs by trying to force an unsolicited change in his ki...

August 26, 2011

Glenn Beck and Larry Derfner Turn the World Upside Down

Yesterday I joined a large crowd at Safra Square, Jerusalem's civic center, for the public viewing of Glen Beck's live broadcast in the nearby Old City of Jerusalem. Although I know very little about either the personal or professional background of ...

May 29, 2011

The Preferred Option: Israeli Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria

Nearly every time I suggest to someone that Israel needs to declare complete sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, I am bombarded with doubts and accusations - "Are you crazy, it can't be done!"  "What will the world say?", ...

March 13, 2011

An Interview with an Arab Dissident

Mudar Zahran is a Palestinian Jordanian who fled Jordan and currently resides in England.  A former political insider, he is very critical of the Hashemite regime in Jordan, both vis-à-vis its treatment of its majority Palestinian populat...

February 3, 2011

Arab Protests and Israel

With the recent dramatic events in Tunisia triggering public demonstrations in several countries throughout the Arab world, there is anticipation that perhaps a real change is finally coming to this troubled region.  In an area of the world know...

November 10, 2010

The Time Is Ripe in Israel

Roughly twenty years ago, the individual and collective mindset of the Israeli nation made an abrupt change. Seemingly overnight, the unspeakable, if not unthinkable, suddenly became the norm. One by one, time-revered taboos, no longer deemed sacred,...

October 24, 2010

Annexation Now!

Despite the ongoing fixation by an assortment of Israeli trendsetters and decision-makers with the concept of land for peace, for the majority of Jews living in Israel, the picture is totally different. Years of terrorist attacks, wars, and missile b...

June 20, 2010

Israel's Right to Exist Bubble

Of all the implications following the Gaza "peace flotilla" episode, perhaps the most important for Israel is that the existence of a growing challenge to Israel's very right to exist has finally been fully exposed. Whether it was the provo...