Binyomin Netanyahu has, apparently accidentally, stumbled upon one of the best political weapons Israel has. And even he doesn’t realize it. When he took office, the Western press started obsessing over his non-use of the words “two state solution.” The world made the assumption – despite “Ultra-Rightist Avigdor Lieberman’s”‘ acceptance of the Roadmap – that [...]
Starting in a few hours, I’ll be celebrating the Jewish festival of Shavuot, followed by the Jewish Sabbath. Which basically means I’ll be eating a lot of milk products, learning a lot of Torah, and not be doing any blogging until Saturday night, Israel time. In the meantime, you can treat this as an open [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that the US is going to put forward specific proposals for resolving the Middle East conflict, in an effort to jumpstart negotiations. This would seem to include a hard line on “settlement” construction, including a call to freeze [...]
