At the end of last week, six Palestinian organizations were designated by Israel as “terrorist organizations.” The U.S. State Department did not seem pleased with the move, nor did several Israeli leftist ministers and European governments and even some Jewish groups.
In Israel, this attempt to erase the past because of sensitivities of the present has not yet taken hold.
By coming to Israel as a last act she was making a point, passing a torch to her successor—reminding Germany’s next generation of leaders that the burden of handling these relations is now theirs to carry with a similar sense of responsibility and poise.
I was sad to hear about Kamala Harris and the student incident. Not because I’m worried about the support for Israel, but because I’m worried about the state of America.
Bennett is a fresh face, he is a promise of a different future, he is a possible remedy for some of the ills that inflicted Israel in the last couple of years. But the truth is that 100 days is a very short time.
The instinctive tendency of many of us, when we witness such audacious move, is to root for the fearless prisoners. But the adults among us were quick to return to their senses.
The meaning of Shabbat in a Jewish State is an issue Israel deals with on a constant basis. Should stores be opened, should we have public transportation, should Shabbat be just a day of rest or maybe a day of rest with an extra meaning.
Why the riots happened when Arab Israelis seem to be progressing towards better integration and a more comfortable state of coexistence? No one can say for sure, but a fast-spreading culture of violent crime is certainly a contributing factor.
What a fool I was. I could have written something else and saved that paragraph for this year. Instead, I’d write something slightly different: Remember the year when we thought the pandemic would be over by next year? I remember it, even though the time that has passed since the beginning of the pandemic is somewhat blurred.
Biden wanted to delay the meeting because he didn’t quite know what he’d say to Bennett on the most pressing issue for Israel—Iran.
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