The graffiti on the Galilean bomb shelter that greeted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wasted no words: \”Wake up Sharon, Olmert\’s in a coma.\”
Covering a meeting of Friends of Sabeel is a strange experience. \”Strange\” as in walking through the looking glass and encountering a reverse universe on the other side.
Many people took it upon themselves to raise vast sums of money for Israel during the conflict with Lebanon this summer, but how many were still in elementary school?
Abbas\’ call Saturday for early elections in the Palestinian Authority triggered fierce street fighting between Fatah and Hamas, which won the last election in January. Despite a hastily arranged cease-fire Monday, the two factions remain on the brink of civil war.
There is no military option in Iran. If we didn\’t learn this from the Americans\’ ongoing experience in Iraq, we should have learned it from Israel\’s recent experience in Lebanon.
While Israelis are furious with their government and military leaders over a war that was badly fought, very few believe that the effort was unjust. From their recent writings and in discussions with influential Israeli opinion makers, I was exposed to a variety of thinking.
Israel\’s Finance Ministry is proposing substantial cuts to Ethiopian immigration next year.
Karnit Goldwasser works for the release of the soldiers captured by Hezbollah on a July 12 raid into Israeli territory. Those captured soldiers are Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, Karnit\’s husband. Since the afternoon of July 12, when an area commander came to visit her with the news, she has devoted herself to freeing the two, as well as Gilad Shalit, captured by Hamas in Gaza 17 days earlier.\n
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