For years, Washington has turned the other cheek while Israel pursued a policy of unflinching resistance to any compromise or outright withdrawal from the West Bank. However, the lesson learned from unilaterally pulling out of the Gaza Strip may be affecting continued reluctance to deal with the status of the West Bank. But with his [...]
Tough Love for Israel
June 5th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: Arab-Israeli conflict · arabs · ariel sharon · barack obama · benjamin netanyahu · china · communism · egypt · Israeli-Palestinian conflict · obama cairo speech · west bank
Letter From Beersheva
January 8th, 2009 No Comments
Faye Bittker is a friend of mine as she is of my daughter’s, both of whom work in the administration of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Faye has been a journalist and I asked her for impressions of the crisis that affects all Israeli families living within range of the prolonged rocket attacks [...]
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