2007

2007-11-04 — Olmert's optimism on the eve of the Annapolis conference mystifies 'realists'
2007-11-03—Breakthrough in Annapolis? Don't hold your breath that anything will happen
2007-10-30—Swift Swiftian response to Gaza rockets
2007-10-24—Myths and the making of policy
2007-10-23—Jewish American success stories
2007-10-22—Abbas' response to plot on Olmert's life raises questions about Palestinian intentions
2007-10-20—He thinks he'll never see a peace conference as lovely as a tree
2007-10-06—Are Abbas-Olmert negotiations diplomatic window-dressing?
2007-09-19—The nexus between peace and security in the Palestinian areas
2007-09-15—Staying power of religious fanaticism
2007-09-10—It is time for the Palestinians, not Israel, to make some concessions
2007-09-05—Options for dealing with Gaza rockets
2007-09-01—Connie Rice's 'Hail Mary' pass
2007-08-29—Rabbi Ovadia again embarrasses Israel
2007-08-23—Mideast rhetoric has little or no sense of proportion
2007-08-17—Will world leadership pass from the U.S. to another power?
2007-08-13—Videos refute Arab version of Jerusalem gunfight
2007-08-10—U.S. may need to accept Iraqi, Afghan refugees
2007-08-07—Israeli media frenzied over negotiations about
Palestinian state, Holocaust pensioners
2007-08-04—The Middle East is not the American Midwest
2007-07-31—Pensioners, Palestinians and politics
2007-07-30—Christian Zionists are welcome visitors in Israel
2007-07-28—Now, with Abbas talking peace, comes the hard part
2007-07-20—Knesset votes to restrict JNF lands to Jews only
2007-07-15—Once again, Israel takes symbolic steps for peace
2007-07-11—At least sexual escapades of politicians provide Israelis a break from forecasts of possible war
2007-07-07—Dissecting Jimmy Carter's Palestinian propaganda
2007-07-01—Katzav's troubles may continue beyond resignation
2007-06-24—Amid talk of Gaza war, 'do nothing' is a better option
2007-06-17—Is Israel waiting for a causus belli to deal with Gaza?
2007-06-04—'Boycott?  What boycott?' ask British lay persons
2007-05-11—Israeli sports fans, students and anarchists raise questions about biases in the media.
2007-05-04—Calculations of Israel's Political Crisis
2007-05-01—When Israel's news depresses, Talmud enlightens
2007-04-28—The Palestinian media campaign
2007-04-22—'Holding fingers' for young woman who embodies the Zionist dream
2007-04-18—When should children be taught the Shoah?
2007-04-15—The Shoah and Israel are eternally linked
2007-04-11—Azmi Beshara, where are you?
2007-04-07—Israel's policy-makers sort through ambiguity of imperfect alternatives
2007-03-30—Africa deserves world's attention, but the Middle East is where the oil is.
2007-01-09—Political fortunes of Peretz, Prime Minister Olmert waning
2007-01-03—Iran's crazy views of world, Jewish history 

2006
2006-12-08—Baker, Carter and Gates and the scapegoating of Israel
2006-11-20—Defining Israeli reality while enjoying luxury in Eilat
2006-11-09—Dangers to Jerusalemites come from many different directions
2006-10-30—Attack and counter-attack in corruption case against Olmert
2006-10-25—Katzav et al: parade of Israeli politicians may face charges
2006-10-06—On walking counter-clockwise to Isaweea—is clockwise too dangerous?
2006-10-04—Palestinian civil strife: good or bad for Israel?
2006-09-26—Iraq war provides Israel a lesson: 'Don't make things even worse'
2006-09-22—Israeli news makes few ripples for vacationers in Leiden
2006-09-09—Is Israel now losing the Lebanon peace?
2006-09-04—Disturbing developments in the Middle East: Here is the litany—and a response
2006-08-29—Israelis argue over who should head inquiry commission after Lebanon II 
2006-08-24—Israel's president, ex-minister embroiled in allegations of sexual misconduct 
2006-08-21—The 'blame game' consumes Israeli politics in wake of Lebanon
2006-08-15—Was Lebanon the war Israel refused to win?
2006-08-14—A father pays the ultimate price
2006-08-11—Sleepless in Jerusalem
2006-08-09—U.S., others should check rhetoric on Israel's war against their own records
2006-08-05—Emerging lessons from  the war in Lebanon
2006-07-31—Will investigation prove Hezbollah arms at fault in Qana building collapse?
2006-07-29—'Disproportionate'—A new word in anti-Semite's lexicon?
2006-07-26—Israelis back the war in  Lebanon by 9-1 margin
2006-07-21—Can Israel's lessons to neighbors ever be taught?
2006-07-20—Historians may ask: 'Was this a new war or the same old one?
2006-07-16—As war continues, constant question remains, 'What's next?'
2006-07-12—Lebanon battling refocuses Israel's attention from the Katzav scandal
2006-07-11—Possible Katzav sex scandal diverts media attention from Gaza operation
2006-07-07—Israel seeks 'quiet,' knowing absolute victory is elusive
2006-07-02—Hamas 'government' unable to speak with one voice in Gaza crisis
2006-06-27—What price will Israel exact—or pay—for the life of a soldier?
2006-06-21—Israelis debate military, political consequences of retaliation against Gaza rocketing of Sderot
2006-06-14—Israeli, Palestinian columnists debate death of family on Gaza beach
2006-06-13—Palestinians make propaganda over deaths that they, not Israeli rockets, caused 
2006-06-09—The Gaza-Sderot rockets anger Israel's defense minister
2006-06-08—Israel has higher per capita income, yet Portugal has a real rail system
2006-05-22—Kind words for Livni, Peretz and Olmert
2006-05-20—Israeli barrier fence has parallels to U.S. urban road building, with higher stakes
2006-05-12—Olmert's inexperienced coalition shows strain after just one week
2006-05-04—No stars in Ehud Olmert's government; No military knowledge in Defense minister
2006-04-29—Two Israeli preoccupations:  the Palestinians and the Iranians 
2006-04-20—Response to Tel Aviv bombing is a model of 'coping' strategy
2006-04-15—Arab boycotts of Jerusalem vote  results in less political influence 
2006-04-10—'Gospel of Judas' not likely to change many attitudes
2006-04-07—Is Hamas beginning to reassess the realities?
2006-03-29—Pensioners big winner in election, question mark in next government
2006-03-23—Parties make wide diversity of promises in Israeli election campaign
2006-03-22—Two Harvard academics' report yet another version of old canard
2006-03-15—Jericho jailhouse raid was boon for Olmert
2006-03-14—2 Jerusalems, the writers' and the residents'
2006-03-04 Hamas victory a public relations boon for Israel
2006-02-20—Political 'prophecy' from Jerusalem 
2006-02-19—Hamas and its covenant
2006-02-19—The sun also rises over French Hill
2006-02-16—Bush Administration should rethink its idea of aiding dissidents in Iran
2006-02-10—Battles over land use, religion delay Jerusalem tolerance museum
2006-02-07—Religious nationalist at Amona may have had one eye on the elections
2006-02-06—Muslim riots and the matter of cartoons
2006-02-04—Is it the two-, one-state or no solution for Israel?
2006-01-29—No one knows what to do in wake of Hamas victory—not even Hamas
2006-01-26— Good and band news of Hamas winning Palestinian elections
2006-01-22—Americans, beware those 'luxury' condo projects near Jerusalem
2006-01-17—Both Labor and Likud are conceding the center to Kadima
2006-01-12—Sharon story fading from Israeli news
2006-01-06—Sharon's stroke won't affect peace process, which was illusory
2006-01-05—Will Kadima's unity survive Ariel Sharon's stroke?
-2005-
2005-12-26 On Palestinian rockets and East Jerusalem ballots
2005-12-20 With Moshe Feiglin piling up Likud votes, how far right?
2005-12-13 Israeli elections: knaves versus fools?
2005-12-05 Netanyahu campaign urges Israel to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities, but this is not Iraq of 1981
2005-11-13 America's road-mappers just will have to be patient with Israel's vigorous democracy.
2005-11-10 On U.S. politics and Iraq and  Israel's Labor politics
2005-11-02 Israeli civil rights group petitions for end to sonic booms over Gaza
2005-10-28 Iranian president and Islamic Jihad: Have they helped Israel by going too far?
2005-10-24 Of nail clippers and censors: Trivia in the battle for security 
2005-10-20 Meeting between Bush and politically-weak Abbas produces nothing meaningful
2005-10-13 Stability—for now—seems likely in Middle East
2005-10-08 After the retaliation, what now in Gaza?
2005-09-24 The rockets of Hamas; the retaliation of Israel
2005-09-22 Redeveloping a former settlement for olim overlooking Jerusalem
2005-09-16 Creationism vs. evolution debated by Israeli citizens 
2005-09-13 Messy Gaza disengagement adds new uncertainty to Israeli politics
2005-09-08 On creationism, Shas and ultra-religious politics
2005-09-03 Groveling before Pakistan
2005-08-18 Correspondence with a religious friend in Gaza
2005-08-10 Cynicism greets Netanyahu's resignation and timing
2005-07-28 Religious and secular divide over Gaza withdrawal
2005-07-21 Is the intifada over?
2005-07-16 The calculus of retaliation
2005-07-11 Israel-Palestinian peace has dividends
2005-07-02 Tensions mount as Gaza withdrawal nears
2005-06-24 Opponents may criticize, but Sharon is on top of the polls
2005-06-21 Neighborhood soccer game tests coexistence in Israel
2005-06-14 Has the intifada ended?
2005-06-09 Missiles miss Israeli Jews, but shred Israeli opinion on Gaza pullout 
2005-05-28 Bush-Abbas meeting panics Israelis; 'Clarification' panics Palestinians
2005-05-13 Two chief rabbis and two scandals
2005-05-02 Academic observer reflects on those who became activists (by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-04-29 Why are Americans preoccupied with religion while other nations pay it far less deference? Reaction
2005-04-23 British professors march with left feet in joining Israel boycott
2005-03-18 A cease fire—Middle Eastern style
2005-03-15 Anticipating the problems of the West Bank pullout and traffic jams for Yad Vashem's expansion
2005-03-06 Syria's Asad responds with rhetoric to international demands on Lebanon
2005-03-05 Political war rages in Israel on car bodies and windows
2005-02-27 In wake of Tel Aviv suicide bombing, Palestinians must prove they want a state
2005-02-22 The conundrum of Israel's Palestinian prisoners
2005-02-18 Middle East axiom: If all else fails, blame Israel; commentary by Ira Sharkansky