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May 2012 (2)
- 08: Buy batteries and bottled water (0)
- 01: An unnecessary and unhelpful Israeli election (0)
April 2012 (4)
- 25: A spiritual calculus for Israel Independence Day (0)
- 23: Abbas’ empty threat (0)
- 18: Zeidy’s Kvitel (0)
- 17: Palestinian obstructionism (0)
March 2012 (9)
- 30: Got our back? More like stabbing us in the back (0)
- 29: Egypt-Israel Peace: Whereto? (0)
- 28: National Unity, Now! (0)
- 26: Migron: Yalla, Pogrom! (0)
- 21: Kadima Undone (0)
- 16: Enough of Noam Schalit! (0)
- 14: J Street’s Conceit (0)
- 05: Read Obama’s body language (0)
- 04: Obama has “got our back”? (0)
February 2012 (6)
- 16: Hippocratic Israel, Hypocritical World (0)
- 15: What to do about Iran (0)
- 15: Only Israel gets Goldstoned (0)
- 14: Quebec and Israel: A Convergence? (0)
- 09: Ready for statehood? (0)
- 03: Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird: “I believe Iran will use nuclear weapons” (0)
January 2012 (9)
- 31: “Israel has no better friend than Canada” (0)
- 31: Throwing good euros after bad (0)
- 29: The flawed Tal law (0)
- 21: Tell me who your friends are… (0)
- 10: Beefing Up Libel Law (0)
- 06: Ugandan Pastor, Victim of Islamist Attack, Treated in Israel (0)
- 02: A crystal ball on 2012 (0)
- 02: Bravo Beit Hillel (0)
- 01: Beware of Blowback (0)
December 2011 (1)
- 06: Ayatollah-land? (0)
November 2011 (7)
- 30: New times call for new strategic thinking (0)
- 22: Embracing Optimism (0)
- 20: Why We Are Winning! (0)
- 18: Who’s Destroying Antiquities? (0)
- 11: Fighting for Jerusalem (0)
- 03: Israeli Wine Wonders (0)
- 03: Methinks thou doth protest too much (0)
October 2011 (5)
- 31: Saudi Dissimulation (0)
- 12: It’s not just about Shalit (0)
- 09: Boycott Hamas lulavs (0)
- 05: Yom Kippur prayers (0)
- 04: Humpty Dumpty Palestine (0)
September 2011 (6)
- 27: What to pray for on Rosh Hashana (0)
- 27: Abbas is washed up (0)
- 20: Dialing Down Palestinian Expectations (0)
- 16: The Lamentable Livni (0)
- 14: The beginning of the end for Obama? (0)
- 06: Gates’ Gripe (0)
August 2011 (1)
- 12: Biblical rhapsody and regret (0)
May 2011 (1)
- 20: Obama’s Partition Plan: A Trap for Israel (0)
April 2011 (2)
- 27: Implications of the Hamas-Fatah Unity Accord (0)
- 20: U.S. Strategic Fatigue Worries Israel (0)
March 2011 (1)
- 06: A Salute to Uzi Arad (0)
February 2011 (4)
- 19: It’s Iran, not Israel, Stupid (0)
- 18: The NIE is Wrong about Iran, Again (0)
- 11: Natan Sharansky: “Maybe this is the moment to put our trust in freedom” (0)
- 10: Snippets from the 2011 Herzliya Conference (0)
November 2010 (1)
- 21: A Salute to Stephen Harper (0)
October 2010 (4)
- 20: Rabin was “Close to Stopping the Oslo Process” (0)
- 12: A Potpourri of Punditry (0)
- 11: JPPPI Pumping for the “Traumatic” Division of Jerusalem? (0)
- 02: Believe It or Not: Israel is the 31st Highest Dues-Paying Country at the UN (0)
September 2010 (2)
- 28: Whither US-Israel Relations? (0)
- 12: What would be if Israel Relinquished Control of Jerusalem’s Old City? (0)
June 2010 (1)
- 25: What to do with the Terrorist Trawler (0)
March 2010 (1)
- 27: Woe will be a Divided Jerusalem (0)
January 2010 (1)
- 19: A Low Sofa for Erdogan (0)
October 2009 (1)
- 24: J Street’s Spiritual Conceit (0)
September 2009 (1)
- 17: On International Delegitimization and the Resilience of Israel (0)
August 2009 (1)
- 17: Making Nice to Mubarak (0)
July 2009 (1)
- 08: Saudi Sanctimony (0)
April 2009 (1)
- 23: Lieberman’s Bitter Pill (0)
December 2008 (1)
- 02: Remembering Rabbi Rackman (0)
March 2008 (1)
- 26: Shelve the Shelf Agreement (0)
February 2008 (1)
- 11: Reflections on the Abandonment of Sderot (0)
June 2007 (1)
- 24: Beleaguered Sderot: Strategic Folly and Shame (0)
March 2003 (1)
- 23: Remembering Dafna (0)
February 2003 (1)
- 09: Henry Siegman’s Israel Problem (0)
July 2002 (1)
- 02: Follow the Euro (0)
June 2002 (1)
- 09: Tom Friedman’s Settlement Obsession (0)
March 2002 (1)
- 17: Make the PA pay (0)
February 2002 (1)
- 24: Expand the Settlements! (0)
August 2000 (1)
- 20: Had Bibi Been in Power (0)
October 1999 (1)
- 17: Remembering Dr. Joseph Burg (0)
December 1998 (1)
- 06: Make Mubarak Sweat (0)
October 1998 (1)
- 11: Missing Reb Shlomo (0)
August 1998 (1)
- 30: Oslo: No choice? (0)
May 1998 (1)
- 24: Seeking Jerusalem (0)
April 1998 (1)
- 05: Remembering Nehama Leibowitz (0)
October 1997 (1)
- 19: How to Build a House in Israel (0)

Archives by Category

Anti-Semitism

A Salute to Stephen Harper - November 21, 2010
On International Delegitimization and the Resilience of Israel - September 17, 2009

Arab affairs

Beware of Blowback - January 1, 2012
Saudi Dissimulation - October 31, 2011

Arab world

Only Israel gets Goldstoned - February 15, 2012

collected punditry

A Potpourri of Punditry - October 12, 2010

Featured Articles

Buy batteries and bottled water - May 8, 2012
An unnecessary and unhelpful Israeli election - May 1, 2012

Holocaust

Zeidy's Kvitel - April 18, 2012

Israel

Buy batteries and bottled water - May 8, 2012
An unnecessary and unhelpful Israeli election - May 1, 2012
A spiritual calculus for Israel Independence Day - April 25, 2012
Abbas' empty threat - April 23, 2012
Got our back? More like stabbing us in the back - March 30, 2012
Egypt-Israel Peace: Whereto? - March 29, 2012
National Unity, Now! - March 28, 2012
Migron: Yalla, Pogrom! - March 26, 2012
Kadima Undone - March 21, 2012
Enough of Noam Schalit! - March 16, 2012
J Street’s Conceit - March 14, 2012
Obama has “got our back”? - March 4, 2012
Hippocratic Israel, Hypocritical World - February 16, 2012
What to do about Iran - February 15, 2012
Quebec and Israel: A Convergence? - February 14, 2012
Ready for statehood? - February 9, 2012
The flawed Tal law - January 29, 2012
Beefing Up Libel Law - January 10, 2012
Ugandan Pastor, Victim of Islamist Attack, Treated in Israel - January 6, 2012
A crystal ball on 2012 - January 2, 2012
Bravo Beit Hillel - January 2, 2012
Ayatollah-land? - December 6, 2011
New times call for new strategic thinking - November 30, 2011
Embracing Optimism - November 22, 2011
Why We Are Winning! - November 20, 2011
Who’s Destroying Antiquities? - November 18, 2011
Israeli Wine Wonders - November 3, 2011
Methinks thou doth protest too much - November 3, 2011
It’s not just about Shalit - October 12, 2011
Boycott Hamas lulavs - October 9, 2011
Yom Kippur prayers - October 5, 2011
What to pray for on Rosh Hashana - September 27, 2011
The Lamentable Livni - September 16, 2011
Gates' Gripe - September 6, 2011
Biblical rhapsody and regret - August 12, 2011
A Salute to Uzi Arad - March 6, 2011
It’s Iran, not Israel, Stupid - February 19, 2011
The NIE is Wrong about Iran, Again - February 18, 2011
A Salute to Stephen Harper - November 21, 2010
Rabin was “Close to Stopping the Oslo Process” - October 20, 2010
A Potpourri of Punditry - October 12, 2010
Believe It or Not: Israel is the 31st Highest Dues-Paying Country at the UN - October 2, 2010
Whither US-Israel Relations? - September 28, 2010
What would be if Israel Relinquished Control of Jerusalem’s Old City? - September 12, 2010
What to do with the Terrorist Trawler - June 25, 2010
Woe will be a Divided Jerusalem - March 27, 2010
A Low Sofa for Erdogan - January 19, 2010
On International Delegitimization and the Resilience of Israel - September 17, 2009
Reflections on the Abandonment of Sderot - February 11, 2008
Beleaguered Sderot: Strategic Folly and Shame - June 24, 2007
Remembering Dafna - March 23, 2003
Henry Siegman's Israel Problem - February 9, 2003
Tom Friedman’s Settlement Obsession - June 9, 2002
Make the PA pay - March 17, 2002
Had Bibi Been in Power - August 20, 2000
Make Mubarak Sweat - December 6, 1998
Seeking Jerusalem - May 24, 1998
Remembering Nehama Leibowitz - April 5, 1998
How to Build a House in Israel - October 19, 1997

Israel-Diaspora Relations

Zeidy's Kvitel - April 18, 2012
J Street’s Conceit - March 14, 2012
Why We Are Winning! - November 20, 2011
What to pray for on Rosh Hashana - September 27, 2011
A Salute to Stephen Harper - November 21, 2010
A Potpourri of Punditry - October 12, 2010
JPPPI Pumping for the “Traumatic” Division of Jerusalem? - October 11, 2010
J Street's Spiritual Conceit - October 24, 2009
On International Delegitimization and the Resilience of Israel - September 17, 2009
Follow the Euro - July 2, 2002

Israel-US Relations

Got our back? More like stabbing us in the back - March 30, 2012
J Street’s Conceit - March 14, 2012
Read Obama’s body language - March 5, 2012
Obama has “got our back”? - March 4, 2012
What to do about Iran - February 15, 2012
Fighting for Jerusalem - November 11, 2011
Dialing Down Palestinian Expectations - September 20, 2011
The beginning of the end for Obama? - September 14, 2011
Gates' Gripe - September 6, 2011
Obama’s Partition Plan: A Trap for Israel - May 20, 2011
U.S. Strategic Fatigue Worries Israel - April 20, 2011
Snippets from the 2011 Herzliya Conference - February 10, 2011
Whither US-Israel Relations? - September 28, 2010
Woe will be a Divided Jerusalem - March 27, 2010
J Street's Spiritual Conceit - October 24, 2009
On International Delegitimization and the Resilience of Israel - September 17, 2009
Making Nice to Mubarak - August 17, 2009

Israeli diplomacy

A spiritual calculus for Israel Independence Day - April 25, 2012
Palestinian obstructionism - April 17, 2012
Egypt-Israel Peace: Whereto? - March 29, 2012
Enough of Noam Schalit! - March 16, 2012
Only Israel gets Goldstoned - February 15, 2012
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird: "I believe Iran will use nuclear weapons" - February 3, 2012
“Israel has no better friend than Canada” - January 31, 2012
Throwing good euros after bad - January 31, 2012
New times call for new strategic thinking - November 30, 2011
Embracing Optimism - November 22, 2011
Why We Are Winning! - November 20, 2011
It’s not just about Shalit - October 12, 2011
Dialing Down Palestinian Expectations - September 20, 2011
Gates' Gripe - September 6, 2011
A Salute to Uzi Arad - March 6, 2011
Natan Sharansky: “Maybe this is the moment to put our trust in freedom” - February 11, 2011
Snippets from the 2011 Herzliya Conference - February 10, 2011
Believe It or Not: Israel is the 31st Highest Dues-Paying Country at the UN - October 2, 2010
Whither US-Israel Relations? - September 28, 2010
What would be if Israel Relinquished Control of Jerusalem’s Old City? - September 12, 2010
What to do with the Terrorist Trawler - June 25, 2010
A Low Sofa for Erdogan - January 19, 2010
On International Delegitimization and the Resilience of Israel - September 17, 2009
Making Nice to Mubarak - August 17, 2009
Saudi Sanctimony - July 8, 2009
Lieberman's Bitter Pill - April 23, 2009
Beleaguered Sderot: Strategic Folly and Shame - June 24, 2007
Make Mubarak Sweat - December 6, 1998

Jerusalem

Fighting for Jerusalem - November 11, 2011
JPPPI Pumping for the “Traumatic” Division of Jerusalem? - October 11, 2010

Palestinians

Abbas' empty threat - April 23, 2012
Palestinian obstructionism - April 17, 2012
Hippocratic Israel, Hypocritical World - February 16, 2012
Throwing good euros after bad - January 31, 2012
Who’s Destroying Antiquities? - November 18, 2011
It’s not just about Shalit - October 12, 2011
Boycott Hamas lulavs - October 9, 2011
Humpty Dumpty Palestine - October 4, 2011
Abbas is washed up - September 27, 2011
Dialing Down Palestinian Expectations - September 20, 2011
Obama’s Partition Plan: A Trap for Israel - May 20, 2011
Implications of the Hamas-Fatah Unity Accord - April 27, 2011
What to do with the Terrorist Trawler - June 25, 2010
Woe will be a Divided Jerusalem - March 27, 2010
Henry Siegman's Israel Problem - February 9, 2003
Make the PA pay - March 17, 2002
Oslo: No choice? - August 30, 1998

Party Politics in Israel

Buy batteries and bottled water - May 8, 2012
An unnecessary and unhelpful Israeli election - May 1, 2012
National Unity, Now! - March 28, 2012
Kadima Undone - March 21, 2012
A crystal ball on 2012 - January 2, 2012
Ayatollah-land? - December 6, 2011
The Lamentable Livni - September 16, 2011

Peace Process

Abbas' empty threat - April 23, 2012
Palestinian obstructionism - April 17, 2012
Ready for statehood? - February 9, 2012
Throwing good euros after bad - January 31, 2012
New times call for new strategic thinking - November 30, 2011
Who’s Destroying Antiquities? - November 18, 2011
Fighting for Jerusalem - November 11, 2011
Saudi Dissimulation - October 31, 2011
Humpty Dumpty Palestine - October 4, 2011
Abbas is washed up - September 27, 2011
Dialing Down Palestinian Expectations - September 20, 2011
Gates' Gripe - September 6, 2011
Obama’s Partition Plan: A Trap for Israel - May 20, 2011
Implications of the Hamas-Fatah Unity Accord - April 27, 2011
It’s Iran, not Israel, Stupid - February 19, 2011
Snippets from the 2011 Herzliya Conference - February 10, 2011
Rabin was “Close to Stopping the Oslo Process” - October 20, 2010
A Potpourri of Punditry - October 12, 2010
JPPPI Pumping for the “Traumatic” Division of Jerusalem? - October 11, 2010
Whither US-Israel Relations? - September 28, 2010
What would be if Israel Relinquished Control of Jerusalem’s Old City? - September 12, 2010
Woe will be a Divided Jerusalem - March 27, 2010
Making Nice to Mubarak - August 17, 2009
Saudi Sanctimony - July 8, 2009
Make Mubarak Sweat - December 6, 1998

Politics

An unnecessary and unhelpful Israeli election - May 1, 2012
National Unity, Now! - March 28, 2012
Migron: Yalla, Pogrom! - March 26, 2012
Beefing Up Libel Law - January 10, 2012
Ayatollah-land? - December 6, 2011
Why We Are Winning! - November 20, 2011
Methinks thou doth protest too much - November 3, 2011
The beginning of the end for Obama? - September 14, 2011
Lieberman's Bitter Pill - April 23, 2009
Shelve the Shelf Agreement - March 26, 2008
Follow the Euro - July 2, 2002
Expand the Settlements! - February 24, 2002
Had Bibi Been in Power - August 20, 2000

Religion and State in Israel

The flawed Tal law - January 29, 2012
Bravo Beit Hillel - January 2, 2012
Ayatollah-land? - December 6, 2011
Why We Are Winning! - November 20, 2011
Boycott Hamas lulavs - October 9, 2011
Yom Kippur prayers - October 5, 2011
Biblical rhapsody and regret - August 12, 2011
Remembering Rabbi Rackman - December 2, 2008
Missing Reb Shlomo - October 11, 1998

Strategic Affairs

Got our back? More like stabbing us in the back - March 30, 2012
Egypt-Israel Peace: Whereto? - March 29, 2012
Enough of Noam Schalit! - March 16, 2012
Read Obama’s body language - March 5, 2012
Obama has “got our back”? - March 4, 2012
What to do about Iran - February 15, 2012
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird: "I believe Iran will use nuclear weapons" - February 3, 2012
“Israel has no better friend than Canada” - January 31, 2012
Tell me who your friends are… - January 21, 2012
A crystal ball on 2012 - January 2, 2012
Beware of Blowback - January 1, 2012
New times call for new strategic thinking - November 30, 2011
Why We Are Winning! - November 20, 2011
Gates' Gripe - September 6, 2011
U.S. Strategic Fatigue Worries Israel - April 20, 2011
It’s Iran, not Israel, Stupid - February 19, 2011
The NIE is Wrong about Iran, Again - February 18, 2011
Natan Sharansky: “Maybe this is the moment to put our trust in freedom” - February 11, 2011
Whither US-Israel Relations? - September 28, 2010
A Low Sofa for Erdogan - January 19, 2010
Shelve the Shelf Agreement - March 26, 2008
Beleaguered Sderot: Strategic Folly and Shame - June 24, 2007
Expand the Settlements! - February 24, 2002
Had Bibi Been in Power - August 20, 2000
Oslo: No choice? - August 30, 1998

Uncategorized

A spiritual calculus for Israel Independence Day - April 25, 2012
Abbas' empty threat - April 23, 2012
Dialing Down Palestinian Expectations - September 20, 2011
A Potpourri of Punditry - October 12, 2010

Zionism

A spiritual calculus for Israel Independence Day - April 25, 2012
Zeidy's Kvitel - April 18, 2012
Migron: Yalla, Pogrom! - March 26, 2012
Hippocratic Israel, Hypocritical World - February 16, 2012
Quebec and Israel: A Convergence? - February 14, 2012
The flawed Tal law - January 29, 2012
Ugandan Pastor, Victim of Islamist Attack, Treated in Israel - January 6, 2012
Embracing Optimism - November 22, 2011
Why We Are Winning! - November 20, 2011
Yom Kippur prayers - October 5, 2011
What would be if Israel Relinquished Control of Jerusalem’s Old City? - September 12, 2010
Remembering Dr. Joseph Burg - October 17, 1999
Seeking Jerusalem - May 24, 1998
Remembering Nehama Leibowitz - April 5, 1998
How to Build a House in Israel - October 19, 1997

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