What a great adventure!
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 »
I just returned from a work trip to Raleigh, North Carolina. I like to bring a book on my trips to read on the airplane and clear my mind at night. With my parents coming to visit us next weekend, … 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 »
With my recent travels, I had the opportunity to start a new book called ‘Nomad: From Islam to America‘. It is written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who authored in 2008 a bestseller book called ‘Infidel‘. I had heard about both books … Read More »
Earlier this week, a resolution sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) passed calling for the University of California at Davis to divest from “corporations that aid in the Israeli occupation of Palestine and illegal settlements in Palestinian territories.” … Read More »
With the rise in Antisemitism in Europe and Radical Islamic Terrorism around the world, I recently had the distinct pleasure of being called a racist. I was naturally quite offended, and I feel the accusation is both unwarranted and rude. … Read More »
These last couple of days have been nothing but shocking and downright sad for the Western World. I am referring to the terrible Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, where 12 people were killed by Muslim Terrorists. I have been trying … Read More »
The last couple of weeks has put me at a loss for words. We’ve seen American journalists and British aid workers beheaded by ISIL. We’ve heard about two Bosnian teenage girls joining ISIL and the horror/ confusion from their western … 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 »
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 »
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 »