INTO THE FRAY: Netanyahu and the “Art of the Possible”
Politics may be the art of the possible, but it certainly makes for strange bedfellows.
INTO THE FRAY: Trump, Macron and Greenland: A Contrived Conflict?
On the world stage and promoted by the legacy media, the Palestinian issue is relentlessly and often callously exploited by ruthless jihadist Islamists and their sympathizers, despite the immense suffering of many innocent civilians from both parties to the conflict.
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza—A Sense of Déjà vu
Sadly, the discussion of the fate of Gaza in general, and of the “Day After” in particular, is taking on an eerily familiar look—ominously reminiscent of the discussions of yesteryear.
INTO THE FRAY: Something Rotten in the Land of the Tricolor?
While France is the origin of the principles of modern democracy, it has also shown a disturbing affinity for tyranny.
Into the Fray: Today’s Surging Antisemitism
A perverse inversion of victim & victimizer
INTO THE FRAY: Misplaced moral outrage-moronic, mendacious, or malevolent?
Israel seeks to minimize civilian casualties, while Hamas seeks to maximize civilian casualties and use them as a propaganda tool.
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza-A Gigantic Shift in the ‘Overton Window’
What once was unthinkable is now moving to the center of mainstream thought
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
Gaza: The Collapse of Conventional Wisdom
The political rationale of the Gaza conflict can be mirrored in the inexorable logic of an almost mathematical algorithm—studiously ignored by Israel's policy-making echelons
Into the Fray: D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-A!!
The opponents of the proposed judicial reform are not defending liberal democracy, but promoting Orwellian dystopia
INTO THE FRAY: When did Palestine become Palestine?
The Palestinian-Arabs’ claim for sovereignty over what they now insist is their long yearned-for homeland arose only after 1967—i.e. when it came under Jewish administration
Why Did Obama Wreck the Middle East: The State Department’s Islamist Plan
In the wake of the "Arab Spring," winds of change and revision were beginning to blow in Jordan as well, and the largest and most organized body involved was the Muslim Brotherhood.
Into the Fray: Targeted killings: The Legality vs. the Morality
Arguably, the most galling reaction to the targeted killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh came from John Brennan, director of the CIA under the Obama administration.
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: Duma-Guilt by Conjecture?
Perhaps the most disturbing issue, raised by the cloud of doubt, enveloping the Duma-related legal proceedings, is the tangible possibility that the real perpetrators of the gruesome murders may still be roaming around free—secure in the knowledge that someone else will pay for the atrocity they committed
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: The Bahrain Conference: Failure Foretold
The endeavor to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by economic means not only shows a grave defect in understanding its underlying causes, but inverts the causal relationship that generates & sustains it.
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 – Elements of Oslo: Drug Trafficking & high treason?
The arrest of former Minister Gonen Segev, on charges of treason, constitute a regrettable vindication of my assessment of the man – over 25 years ago.
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza—The “Humanitarian” Hoax
The privation in Gaza is not the cause of the enmity towards the Jewish state. Quite the opposite! It is the enmity towards the Jewish state that is the cause of the privation in Gaza.
INTO THE FRAY: A Palestinian State? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
There is precious little reason to believe that any Palestinian state established in areas evacuated by Israel would not swiftly degenerate into a mega-Gaza overlooking greater Tel Aviv.
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:The Humanitarian Paradigm
By rigorous process of elimination, we are left with the Humanitarian Paradigm, as the only possible policy prescription able to adequately address the imperatives needed to preserve Israel as the nation state of Jews.
INTO THE FRAY – A Port in Gaza: Preposterous & Perilous Proposal
Hamas are not burrowing tunnels because Gaza has no port. They are burrowing them despite the fact it does not have one.
INTO THE FRAY: The Humanitarian Paradigm – Answering FAQs (Part 2)
Sequel to the dispelling of doubts regarding the feasibility - and morality - of largescale, financially incentivized emigration as the only non-kinetic approach for resolution of the Israel-Palestinian impasse.
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza: Let Their People Go!
Instead of pouring millions into inoperative desalination plants and rusting sewage treatment works, generous financial aid should be given to help Gazans relocate to safer, more secure lives elsewhere
INTO THE FRAY: AIPAC – Touting Tyranny in Pursuit of Bipartisanship
Instead of trying to resurrect the decrepit zombie of two-statism in pursuit of bipartisanship, AIPAC would do better to assist in promoting Zionist-compliant alternatives
INTO THE FRAY: Trump’s Immigration Edict: Obscuring the Larger Issue
For anyone who believes that the US Constitution is not a Sharia-compliant document, the issue of large scale Muslim immigration to the US is a grave problem.
INTO THE FRAY:“Palestine” – The Perils in Pictures
A "spy's-eye" view of Israel. It WILL open your eyes to just how devastating the "Two-State Solution" would be to Israel. Look and Learn.
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