INTO THE FRAY: Liberman-A Dove in Hawk’s Feathers?
The perception of Liberman as an abrasive hardliner is due more to his blunt statements regarding the loyalty of Israeli-Arabs rather than any territorial intransigence regarding the Palestinians
INTO THE FRAY: Iniquitous Indictments for Invented Infractions
Despite his remarkable success, Netanyahu has been ceaselessly assailed by his political adversaries. Indeed, it is perhaps his very success that has generated such raw rancor against him
INTO THE FRAY: Syria-Reaping Storm Obama Sowed
If surrendering US primacy in the region to Russia was the result of US passivity and inaction, the intrusion of Iran into Syria can very definitely be attributed to ill-conceived, active American policy.
INTO THE FRAY: Coup d’état?
Netanyahu was elected as the Prime Minster, not as the Pope. Accordingly, he should be judged primarily on the basis of his political and strategic accomplishments, not his personal morality
Into the Fray: Arab Violence: Root Causes and Red Herrings
If difficult socioeconomic conditions in the haredi community have not produced the rampant crime that afflicts Arab society, why should poverty be assumed to be the culprit among Israel’s Arab citizens?
INTO THE FRAY: Kamala’s Unsavory Supporters
Some of Kamala Harris’s supporters constitute yet another ominous omen in the perturbing accumulation that the prospect of her victory portends.
INTO THE FRAY: The Perils of the One-State Proposal
Annexation of Judea-Samaria together with its Arab population, will culminate in Lebanonization of Israel and the end of the Zionist dream—as surely as the two-state paradigm it was meant to replace
INTO THE FRAY: The GOP—Still Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight
'Republicans play badminton; Democrats play pro football'—Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich
Into the Fray: Will the ‘Right’ Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory …...
It’s not enough to point out the flaws, however fatal, of the “left.” Rather, the “right” must present the public with a plausible and persuasive alternative that does not merely replace a geographic peril with a demographic one.
INTO THE FRAY: Why Netanyahu Must NOT Step Down
In stark contrast to Netanyahu, Ehud Olmert was indicted on existing interpretation of the law, no “creative” legal precedents were needed to prosecute him, there were no claims of selective prosecution, or allegations of police investigatory misconduct.
INTO THE FRAY: A Constitution -The “Excuse–du Jour”
The raising of the issue of a constitution as a potential way out of the political impasse over the future of Israel's legal system is nothing but a red herring on the part of the opponents of judicial reform
INTO THE FRAY: Israel and American Liberal Jewry: The REAL Reasons for the Rift
Incredibly, according to Israel’s “liberal” detractors, the only remedy for Israel’s “democracy deficit” is to establish yet another Muslim-majority tyranny.
The Implications for Israel of a Possible War over the Nile
The simmering conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over the construction of a massive dam could have grave ramifications
The Trump Plan: The Good, the Bad, the Unknown and the Untenable
Whether or not it is actually implemented, the “deal” cannot effectively address Israel’s demographic menace, but only perpetuate it.
INTO THE FRAY: “Mowing the Lawn” Won’t Cut it—
By avoiding confrontations in which Israel can win, Israeli governments risk backing the country into a confrontation which it cannot win.
Into the Fray: What if the GOP Wins? – Potential Payoffs and Pitfalls for...
The changes in the Republican platform are a welcome development, but they create new challenges for Israel & much depends on how it meets them
INTO THE FRAY: Pipes vs. Pipes in the New York Times
In the past, Daniel Pipes has been scrupulously strict in being “policy agnostic”, avoiding any action-oriented prescriptions to achieve his prescribed “Israeli Victory”; yet in his NYT piece, he robustly negates specific measures---such as annexation—to achieve precisely that goal
INTO THE FRAY: John Kerry at 2016 Saban Forum—Misrepresenting Two-Statism
Oslo failed not because Israelis built homes and schools across pre-1967 lines, but because Palestinian-Arabs blew up Israeli cafes, buses and malls inside those lines.
INTO THE FRAY: Sinai – Descent into Depravity
Ironically, the case of Sinai, once held up as the crowning vindication of the land-for-peace principle is likely to turn out to be its one of its most tragic and traumatic failures.
INTO THE FRAY: Israel’s Ruinous Right
Perhaps the gravest threat facing Israel today is the twin perils of a dangerous, delusional “Left” and an impotent, incompetent “Right”, unable to decisively and definitively discredit its opposition
Into the Fray: Today’s Surging Antisemitism
A perverse inversion of victim & victimizer
INTO THE FRAY: The Taylor Force Act – Putting “Palestine” in perspective
The Palestinian population is not some hapless victim of the terror groups but the very crucible from which they emerged
INTO THE FRAY: Replacing RBG – Delinquent Democrats Deserve no Quarter
There is a bitter & infuriating irony in the fact that it was the Democrats themselves, who committed the very transgressions they endeavored to attribute to their Republican adversaries
INTO THE FRAY: Like manna from heaven—for Israel’s detractors
Any allusion that Israel is somehow comparable to Nazi Germany is not criticism. It is a blood libel
INTO THE FRAY: Bibi vs. BG
Benjamin Netanyahu – A synopsis: The good the bad…and the remarkable
INTO THE FRAY: Tyrants, Tax-havens and Territory
Israel must prepare for a daunting situation, in which, along its eastern frontier, it could face a huge expanse of hostile territory, controlled by radical Islamist warlords, stretching from the fringes of Greater Tel Aviv to the border of Iraq — and beyond.
INTO THE FRAY: Is Israel on the cusp of civil war?
The only way to prevent a civil war in Israel is to acknowledge its impending outbreak, so that steps can be taken to forestall it.
De-Americanizing America
Americans seem swept up in a movement bent on jettisoning a paradigm that brought resounding success, while embracing one that wrought failure wherever implemented.
INTO THE FRAY: The Imperative for Incentivized Arab Migration & the Emerging Inevitability of...
Once inconceivable, the dismantling of UNRWA; the naturalization of stateless Palestinian residents in Arab countries; and the emigration of Palestinians from Judea-Samaria & Gaza are slowly emerging as realistic outcomes
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza – Mis-conceptualizing the conflict; Mis-comprehending the Enemy
One of the reasons that the conflict with the Palestinian-Arabs in general and Gazan Arabs in particular, has dragged on for years, is that Israel has failed to conceptualize the conflict correctly