Through some sort of maze of websites that I can’t recall right now, I recently arrived at a NY Review of Books article about modern Syria, the Alawites (faith to which the Assads belong) which...
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Flotilla wins before even sailing
It seems like only yesterday that I wrote a horrified post about how stupidly Israel handled the last flotilla, which ended with the death of 9 Muslim activists and the injury of a number of Israeli...
Presidential Conference: Israel’s Deligitimiblahblah
The panel discussion title was “De-Legitimization: Who is at Fault? Us or Them?” except that the difficulty of pronouncing “delegitimization” made the prominent guests finally...
Presidential Conference: Has the Love Cooled Between Israel and the USA?
Well, it took about 30 seconds for the first panelist, Elliott Abrams, to inform us that the answer is “no.” The next hour included echoing sentiments from the four other panelists...
J Street and the question of the pro-Israel tent
At the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, a panel called Thin Ice – Criticism vs. Loyalty in Israel-Diaspora Relations included reporter Shmuel Rosner as moderator. Participants were Jeremy Ben...
Tel Aviv Beginnings
Tiroche Auction House is selling a 46 photo album of the photographs of Avraham Soskin. He’s the man behind the famous photo from 1909 of the division of lots in Ahuzat Bait, the first Jewish...