Unpleasant Lessons, and Some Others

For the sake of peace with Egypt, Menachem Begin’s government signed away all of Sinai including Israeli settlements.
President Trump Wants a Peace Process Too

Yet without tacit and/or manifest threats that Palestinian lives could become much more miserable, there is little chance that their behavior will improve.
Convicted Terrorist Agrees to Leave US

Rasmeah Odeh, sentenced to life imprisonment in Israel for terror bombings and convicted of immigration fraud in the US, has agreed to plead guilty at her appeal next month and leave the United States. Odeh was one of the organizers of the nation-wide anti -Trump women’s strike held three weeks ago.
5 Palestinians Attack Israeli Town with Firebombs, Followed by PA Claims of IDF Excessive Force

Five Palestinians attacked the town of Bet El with firebombs on Thursday night, causing damage but no injuries were reported. The IDF responded, killing one terrorist and injuring the other four.
Dreams, Reality, and Useful Epigrams

And to quote an epigram that came to me from my grandmother, and to her perhaps from reading the works of Ben Franklin, God helps those who help themselves.
Why Must Women Choose Between Feminism and Zionism, But Not Any Other ‘ISM’?

There are many countries and movements throughout the world that treat women as second-class citizens.
The Opposite of a Two-State Solution Is Not One State

There are presently three “states,” or at least three governments, west of the Jordan: Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Gaza.
Palestinians: Abbas’s Empty Promises

Abbas can make all the promises in the world to the new US envoy. Fulfillment of any of them, however, is a different story altogether.
Stop This “Pay for Slay” Insanity

This tall, dark, handsome graduate student from Vanderbilt University had completed two tours of duty with the United States army in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Know Thine Enemy

It will pay a similarly high price, if not a higher one, if Netanyahu continues to repeat Rabin’s mistake of failing to know his enemy.