PM’s Office okays Har Homa debate

June 1, 2011

While Bibi folds in Washington, our youth will tell him and the entire world that they have not lost hope. We will continue to build and settle despite Israel’s weak leadership. Settlers are planning to erect three new outposts in the West Bank on the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the US

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The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral

May 31, 2011

President Barack Obama has repeatedly said that peace in the Middle East requires negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. PA president Mahmoud Abbas has been urged to resume negotiations with Israel, and no one has been more anxious for resumption of talks than Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The aficionada call this “conflict resolution,”

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The Real World: How a Democracy Differs from a Military Dictatorship

May 30, 2011

Back in 1992, an election was held in Algeria, a military dictatorship. Unexpectedly, Muslims, otherwise called “Islamic fundamentalists,” garnered the largest share of the votes. So, with a nod from France, Algeria’s military stepped in and nullified the election. This plunged the country into civil war, and some 200,000 Algerians have been killed to date.

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Demophrenia

May 30, 2011

Arabs understand the Jews very well. Despite the benevolent policies of Israel’s government documented in chapter 4, Arab leaders play the “victimization” card. They also couch their demands in democratic language—in terms of “rights” or “legitimate rights.” They know that such language disarms the Jews (historically an oppressed and persecuted people). The Jews, or rather

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Friends and Enemies

May 29, 2011

President Barack Obama has repeatedly said that peace in the Middle East requires negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. PA president Mahmoud Abbas has been urged to resume negotiations with Israel, and no one has been more anxious for resumption of talks than Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The aficionada call this “conflict resolution,”

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A Thought Experiment (Circa 1993; Epilogue 2011)

April 2, 2011

What is the historical function of the Arabs in the Arab-Israeli conflict?  Let us try to answer this question from a scientific perspective. Science deals with isolated systems.  By removing one element from a compound the scientist can better understand the function of that element by examining resultant changes in the remainder of the compound.

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