Happy Independence Day: A Letter from the Prime Minister of Israel to the President of the Palestinian Authority

If I were Prime Minister of Israel, which of course I’m not, this is what I would write to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority. Dear President Abbas: Next week, we will hold Yom HaZikaron, Memorial Day for our Dead, of all these wars, and the day after, we will celebrate Yom HaAtzmanut, Independence Day. [...]

Israel and the Gaza Flotilla

When a trap is being visibly prepared for you, which the “Peace Flotilla” was, it is inadvisable to stick your head into it.  Which Israel did when it boarded one of those ships and Israeli commandos were attacked.  Let me be clear about this.  Israel did two things wrong.  The first was boarding these ships [...]

Israel: Land of the Silent Majority: Part 1

Israel:  Land of the Silent Majority: Part 1 by Erin Solaro In any human endeavor, the standard is not perfection.  The standard is the alternative. Not just, what should you do, but what else can you, might you do?  And what else might others, similarly situated, do . . . or threaten to do? The [...]