Category Archives: Israel

Under President Obama a lot has transpired over the last eight years.  Many Americans are at arms that Donald Trump will become President at the end of this week.  I have heard of organized protests around inauguration and even some states preparing … Read More »

Today is Boxing Day.  This past Friday, the UN Security Council passed resolution 2334, demanding Israel stop all settlement activity.  The full text of the resolution can be found on The Times of Israel.  For the past few months, the Washington … Read More »

In today’s Times of Israel website, there are two op ed blog postings that argue why each of the mainstream US political parties are pro-Israel.  You can find them at: Might as well give up trying to paint Democrats as … Read More »

We are now in 2016 and just like past new year transition points, I like to reflect on personal happenings, world events and innovations.  This last year though had quite a few world events that in my opinion will pose repercussions … Read More »

Yesterday, our son returned to California for University.  He and I sat on the porch one evening talking about the Iran deal, turmoil in the Middle East and growing Anti-Semitism across the world.  We also discussed our approaches to dealing … Read More »

Since the P5+1 negotiations concluded on Monday 12-JUL-2015 with a signed Iran Nuclear Deal, there has been a lot of press over the last week lining up with why it is good or bad.    The President and Secretary of … Read More »

Today I commented on an article about the Iran Nuclear Deal and Israel.  The article was authored by Michael J. Koplow and is published on the Politico Website, see: Israel is the Iran Deal’s Biggest Loser My comment verbatim was: … Read More »

Fifteen years ago, I supported the two state solution vision from the Oslo Accords of creating a Palestinian homeland in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.  However, my support for such a model dwindled with each year.  It is not a question or … Read More »

I’ve been following the presidential candidate announcements for the last month and looking at both Republicans and Democrats quite seriously.  As most friends know, I have some left leaning tendencies and strong thoughts regarding the Middle East.  Up until recently, … Read More »

Three months ago (17-MAR-2015), Israeli’s re-elected Prime Minister Netanyahu (Likud).  If you were following the polls in January, it looked like Isaac Herzog (Labor/ Zionist Union) was likely to unseat Netanyahu.  There were a few things that resulted in quite … Read More »

Over the weekend, I was part of multiple discussions regarding President Obama’s Nuclear Framework Agreement with Iran.  My stance is the deal does not go far enough, let alone Iran and the US have serious differences in what was agreed. … Read More »