The status of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel has gotten a lot of attention recently because President Trump declared that Jerusalem was Israel’s capital while not saying anything about its status as the Capital of a future Palestinian State. The purpose of this blog post is to lay out some of the facts that … Continue reading
Category Archives: Israel
The Saudi Century? Part I
A Clash of Generations There is a lot going on in my neighborhood. The 32 year old Crown Price of Saudi Arabia is really shaking things up in the region. He just confined 13 of his rich and powerful cousins (many billionaires) in the Ritz Carlton. He closed down the airport where they keep their … Continue reading
Israel/Palestian Post Obama
I have not written much about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for some time. I was busy with the US election. The recent UN resolution singling out Israeli Settlements and then the recent speech by John Kerry at the UN makes me feel that I have to say something about this very complicated situation. Avram … Continue reading
The Iran deal…is it the beginning of the end? or the end of the beginning?
I really don’t know how I feel about the deal with Iran. I tend to look at this situation from the eyes of an American/Israeli and the existential threat that a nuclear Iran represents. Through these eyes, it looks like the beginning of the end. The end of Israel. Once Iran demonstrates that it has … Continue reading
If you don’t like the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, blame Jesus!
Those that are regular readers of this blog, know that I think and write often about the Israeli/Palestine conflict. I thought I had a deep knowledge of this subject and was really surprised when I learned about the importance of the Christian Zionist movement. About seventy million evangelist born-again Christians in the United States believe … Continue reading
Thoughts once again about Israel and Palestine
Periodically, I make the mistake of posting something about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict on Facebook. This often results in a long dialog by various Facebook “friends”. I join in a bit. However, I thought this time, I would open it up to you my blog as readers as well as my Facebook “friends”. Democracy in the … Continue reading
Bibi, King Maker, Double Agent, Politician, Fool or some combination?
I am afraid that I have to add my voice to the discussion about the speech or should I say, performance of Bibi Netanyahu at the Congress. There was so much discussion leading up to this event about the purpose that the various parties had in creating this situation. I am not going to repeat … Continue reading
