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(Dec. 26th) — Did we win? Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Gaza War, alias Operation Cast Lead, and this question…
This week I enjoyed an hour of happiness. I was on my way home, after collecting William Polk’s new book about…
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These days mark the 5th anniversary of the murder of Yasser Arafat, and bring back to me our last conversation in his…
Mahmoud Abbas is fed up. The day before yesterday he withdrew his candidacy for the coming presidential election in the Palestinian Authority.…
According to a Chinese saying, if someone in the street tells you that you are drunk, you can laugh. If a second…
MY FIRST thought was: Good God, this man was responsible for the lives of our soldiers! The second thought was: What’s the…
The decisive point at this moment is, of course, the matter of the settlements. Will Obama insist on a total freeze of…
The most important sentence written in Israel this week was lost in the general tumult of exciting events. Really exciting: In…
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