Jewish Split Marks Armenian Genocide
April 21, 2005
There\’s always been a strong Jewish angle to the story of the Armenian genocide, whose 90th anniversary is commemorated this weekend
Larry Derfner
Unilateral Withdrawal
February 17, 2005
I, along with what the polls say is 60 percent of Israelis — and maybe even Ariel Sharon, too — trust Mahmoud Abbas\’ good intentions. More than that, I\’m impressed by what he\’s done on the ground — by prevailing on Hamas and the other terrorist groups to \”cool down\” the violence a week after he took office, and reading them the riot act after their rockets started flying again a day after the hopeful Sharm el-Sheik summit.
International Left Rooting for Barghouti
December 30, 2004
Progressives of the world, including those in Israel, have a thing about Marwan Barghouti and with good reason: He\’s so cool. He\’s the coolest
Palestinian since Yasser Arafat first turned up in a keffiyeh and Ray Bans.
Journalist Patrick Bishop put it just right recently in England\’s Daily Telegraph, writing Barghouti up as a celebrity revolutionary:
Rocket Threat Casts Shadow on Kibbutz
October 14, 2004
Kibbutz Nir\’am, which is slightly closer to the Gaza Strip than Sderot, seemed dead that morning. The air was hot, harsh and still. Hardly anybody was outdoors.
Tricked Into
September 16, 2004
Like everyone else, I used to divide the prostitutes smuggled into Israel from the former Soviet republics into two categories — the good ones who were tricked into it, and the bad ones who knew what they were getting into.
I think differently now. After meeting one of the \”bad\” ones for a story I\’m doing, I see them all, both the knowing and unknowing, as victims, as innocents.
Israeli Tourists ‘Ugly’ No More
June 17, 2004
Leafing through travel books on Turkey at Tel Aviv\’s L\’Metayel (For the Traveler), veteran sojourner Ronen Lazar suggests how to curb the phenomenon of the "ugly Israeli" — the obnoxious Israeli tourist.
Barbaric Acts Kill Palestinian Sympathy
May 27, 2004
know there are many Palestinians out there who are sickened and ashamed by what happened in Gaza to the remains of the six dead Israeli soldiers.
I don\’t hold them responsible; I don\’t associate them with those acts just because they are Palestinians or Arabs, not in any way.
In fact, I think it\’s important now to remember Arabs like the Palestinian man who drowned in the Sea of Galilee a couple of years ago trying to save a drowning Israeli boy. I remember a Jaffa Arab who was killed in 1992, I think, trying to stop a wild man from Gaza who was slashing at Jewish children with a saber.
Showdown Nears in Settlements Battle
January 8, 2004
It would be hard to exaggerate how fateful, how historic is the drama about to begin at the settlement outposts. Here\’s where things stand:
Within a few months, we will pretty well know if Israel\’s 36-year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza will be on its way out or here to stay.
Geneva Pact Generates Ray of Optimism
December 11, 2003
Some thoughts, optimistic ones, on the effects already felt from the Geneva agreement:
1) The view from the Israeli street is that the agreement is another trick, another Palestinian trick to fool Israel into believing that they really want peace, and then, when our guard is down, they\’ll swallow us whole.
Yet if that\’s the case, why is the Palestinian street up in arms? Yasser Abed Rabbo and his Palestinian delegation to Geneva have been branded traitors and collaborators by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and thousands of furiously protesting Palestinians. This is as good as a death sentence.
Palestinians Face Hamas Dilemma
June 19, 2003
The three young Fatah guerrillas in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, wearing masks and holding AK-47s, had just received advance payment to start a second career — as Palestinian policemen fighting terror, according to an Arab journalist present.
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