“The new law will not withstand the scrutiny of the Supreme Court of Justice,” said Dr. Ahmed Tibbi, a veteran Knesset member, implicitly expressing his trust in the Israeli judicial system and the state’s democracy. Many Arab...

A heartbreaking exchange took place today (July 16) between Israel and Hezbollah. Five terrorists, Samir Kuntar, the murderer of a four year old girl among them, were released in exchange for the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, who were...

Domestic Israeli opposition and hurt Syrian pride may be just two of the most obvious reasons for the stutter that brings to a halt the recent peace process acceleration. More than anything else, it appears that nobody is interested. The status quo is...

He is going to be eaten alive after he loses the general election. All the signs are there: too many party officials alienate themselves from the candidate; too few offer genuine help. The Republican party doesn’t seem to believe in victory....

When we have political campaigns here, each party candidate strives to illustrate himself as the man of the people. One of the common ways to do that is to use the slogan which melts the hearts of the simpler folk: “Such and such is good for the...

The day before yesterday (Sunday, June 29) Israeli cabinet approved an unusual deal: the bodies of two Israeli soldiers in exchange for Samir Kuntar and several other Lebanese Hezbollah related terrorists. Even more unusual is the timing. There are...

I think that the real reason Israeli gays insisted on running the event in Jerusalem was to be safe from God’s wrath. They know almost for sure that the Sodom and Gomorra incident will not recur in the holy city. There is too much to lose: all...

Another shooting? Despite your latest faults — like the war in Iraq — many liberal minded people around the world still look up to you. For them, you are the paragon of democracy, freedom and civil rationalism. Many emulate your economic...

We are rich! Wait, does that make us unholy? Corruption has entwined the government with sticky, malodorous tentacles. Prime Minister himself is under serious police investigation, confronting allegations of bribe-taking. Former Minister of Finance...

Yeah, right. Even when we do something good we have to spoil it... Do the kibbutz managers really believe that global opinion would ignore the far-reaching political consequences — evidently positive, in this case? Finally the dialog between...