Israel is Like other Places, but a Bit Different

Being the Chosen People has its downside as well as upside.
Turkey’s Stockholm Syndrome

In a way, this is Turkey’s Stockholm Syndrome.
When the Good Guys Ruled

May the memory of the Maccabees be remembered in all their glory.
When Will Obama and the West Listen to Hamas?

It is time for the world to stop listening only to President Abbas and Saeb Erekat.
A Generation Too Late

Never in my entire life have I ever wished this hard that I, together with a tiny group of co-activists, would have been wrong all along.
Wake Up and Start Connecting the Dots

This is not the time for an academic discussion of morality and ethics.
Amos Oz, BDS’s Man of the Year

Amos Oz will win the BDS campaign’s man of the year award.
A Murder in October

I walked home back to Abu Tor through the valley.
Payback?

A Russian airbus with 224 people – mainly tourists – flying from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to St. Petersburg, Russia could simply have come apart in midair, killing all aboard.
Turkey: Where Ice Cream Can Be More Dangerous than Bombs

Turkey has detained more people for tweeting against the government than for being members of the Islamic State.