What a great adventure!
There is a great article in the Weekly Standard by Lee Smith who interviews Joshua Muravchik related to his latest publication, Making David into Goliath: How the World Turned Against Israel. You can find the article at: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/heres-how-world-turned-against-israel_820532.html There are … Read More »
I’ve been having a tough time sleeping these last few weeks. There has been a sudden increase in violence in and around Jerusalem. Palestinians have been killing Israeli civilians in public venues, using cars and other tactics. This violence has … Read More »
A few days ago a highly sensitive article was written by Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic, titled The Crisis in US-Israel Relations is Officially Here. The big focal point by news media around is that a White House/ State Department … Read More »
The days of awe (Yamim Noraim) are coming to an end. I have spent the last ten days thinking, mostly tossing and turning when trying to sleep. One night I got little to no sleep at all. Other nights, I … Read More »
My insides are completely twisted. I am finding myself trying to navigate friendships and the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The conflict is highly personal for me, I have lots of family who live in Israel and my mother’s family helped build … Read More »
I often hear about the root problem with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is settlements and Jews encroaching on Arab lands. Ten years ago, I agreed with the concept of pulling settlers from the West Bank and Gaza. Israel did so in … Read More »
It pains me to write this blog entry, as I voted for President Obama and was hoping that the obvious would come to a man of his background/ education. You may wonder what I am seething about. It is the … Read More »
Well June has been quite a busy month. Gabriel returned from Cal poly, Susie had her two month check-up, Pearl finished her first year of High School and we hosted our annual Summer Solstice party. Susie is feeling better, though … Read More »
It is official the peace initiative that was so earnestly restarted with vigor by John Kerry and President Obama has died with a bang. The Palestinian Authority (PA) signed up to join 15 international treaties and conventions, so Israel rightly … Read More »
It has been quite sometime since I’ve posted a blog entry. There’s no excuse for this, as there has been lots to write. Rather than writing about travel and other events in life, I recently read a very interesting article … Read More »
I just finished receiving a bunch of emails from friends around the world about how The University of Texas’ Center for Middle Eastern Studies has cancelled a book which was scheduled to be published this month. Most of the emails … Read More »
I’ve been reading a bunch of articles and seeing a few videos as they relate to the Middle East. With the impending push by Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen of the Palestinian Authority) requesting statehood at the UN, I wonder … Read More »
I don’t normally write political rants on my blog, but I find the latest news (Boston Globe, Reuters and The Telegraph) ridiculous that Turkey has expelled Israel’s ambassador and is cutting their military agreements with Israel over the recently leaked … Read More »