Israel and “Palestine”: What international law expects
International law reveals a curious debility: No matter how complex the pertinent issues, virtually any interested adult seemingly feels competent to offer an authoritative legal opinion. Though no sane medical layperson would ever presume...
The Israeli-Palestinian ‘two state solution’
Just in time for Easter, another resurrection was recently proposed by Martin Indyk, twice U.S. ambassador to Israel, in the journal Foreign Affairs:
“ allegedly dead two-state solution…resurrected by U.S. President Joe Biden and his top national security...
Is Trump really abandoning Israel, too?
Has Donald Trump turned on Israel? That’s the question some people have been asking in the wake of an interview he gave to Israel Hayom. Trump’s presidency was the friendliest to Israel of any in history. But...
Understanding an old joke in a new way
They tried to kill us.
We won.
Let’s eat.
As Passover approaches and we begin preparing for the seder, this old joke will no doubt be heard often in the coming days. It is a familiar and tongue-in-cheek...
The quintessential authenticity of Joe Lieberman
The late Senator Joseph Lieberman was an extraordinary person and an inspiration to us all.
Besides his outstanding intellect and the breadth of his knowledge, he provided us with a paradigm of how a person...
‘Israel will need to examine ways to deal with Iraqi militias’
Radical Shi’ite militias in Iraq, backed by Iran, must not be trivialized, Israeli observers cautioned in recent days, as a drone attack on Eilat on Monday was claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq terror faction.
The...
The Biden administration’s war against the government of Israel
The war rages in the Gaza Strip, northern Israel, Lebanon, Eilat and on the streets of Israel’s cities as Iran’s Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi and Yemeni proxies maintain and escalate their operations against the...
Israel “Palestine” and the law of nations
The Gaza War has re-ignited shrill calls for Palestinian statehood. But how should the expected benefits for Palestinians be compared with expected harms to Israel? And what does international law (aka the law of nations)...
Lone soldiers
“Israel Alone” was the headline on the cover of the March 23 issue of The Economist, a British weekly. The illustration shows an Israeli flag buffeted by a sandstorm.
I wonder if Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas...
Will Arabists finally kill the US-Israel relationship?
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his merry band of Arabists must feel like they’re on the cusp of Nirvana as they prod President Joe Biden to ignore his instinct to protect Israel and destroy...