Burying Sharon but not the truth about who he was
There are so many twists and turns to Ariel Sharon's remarkable life. The overwhelming lesson Israel learned from Sharon is that unilateral concessions are dangerous and that genuine recognition of the Jewish state is the core precondition to peace
- 13 January 2014
Hold the phone. Who are you calling a Palestinian?
Modern "Palestinians" have been manipulated by two generations of corrupt and cold-hearted leaders into an identity they did not have just 65 years ago. Try telling that to the BBC or the United Nations
- 28 November 2013
“Mood-based attacks” but no third intifada - yet
As long as the Palestinian leadership insists on spreading lies and false hope, "mood-based attacks" will continue against Israelis
- 20 November 2013
Where's the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?
The parallel with the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the division between those favoring negotiation and those who do not. There is no Palestinian leader with the stature, let alone the principles, of Mandela
- 24 September 2013
Israel-Palestine: Nine months of talks, but will there be a baby?
So what makes anyone think these talks will lead anywhere except where they've always led before (that's nowhere, by the way)?
- 30 July 2013
Hamas commentary says women spread disease
If a mainstream Israeli party such as Likud was promoting vile slanders against women, it would be plastered all over the BBC. When it's Hamas, the silence is deafening
- 2 February 2013
Truths and myths in the new 'Palestine' reality
With the dust settling on the November 29th UN vote, now is a good time to work out what is myth and what is reality in the new "peace paradigm"
- 10 December 2012
Unbelievable (?) UK hypocrisy on Israel, again...
The British Foreign Secretary's recent remarks critical of Israel beggar belief
- 2 December 2012
Jewish settlement in the West Bank is not the issue
The Middle East peace process is not, nor was it ever, being stopped by the presence of Jewish settlements
- 26 October 2012
A storm of massive proportions is brewing in the MidEast
The region is splitting apart and ready to explode out of its largely artificial boundaries along two major fault lines, ethnic and religious, writes a former senior editor of the Jerusalem Post
- 9 October 2012
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