I read the 180 page Peace to Prosperity plan. The bulk of the plan is in the first 40 pages. The rest are appendixes. I was going to write up a detailed analysis of it but frankly, it is not worth the time and effort. It does represent a fair amount of work on the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Palestine
Tribalism and me
It has been more than six months since I have posted. One of you actually wrote to me asking me to continue to write. I began this blog in 2006. For several years before, I was struggling to write a book on the history of broadband. I discovered that at least for me, writing a … Continue reading
Jerusalem: It’s complicated
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
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
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
The Greening of Gaza: Hummus not Hamas
As they say, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That is exactly what is happening in Gaza now. Israel has no choice, but to defend itself Given the current situation that confronts Israel with Hamas shooting thousands of missiles, building tens of massive … Continue reading
Reporting from the Facebook Frontline in the Israeli/Hamas War
Of course, the real war between Israel and Hamas is being fought in Gaza and Israel, there is another front, social media. It is a different front because there is no real danger to the participants. But that does not mean they are not being injured. Continue reading
It is hard to be a nice guy when you live in a bad neighborhood
I have written a lot about Israel and Palestine, probably so much that I have bored many of my readers who appear to be more interested in what I have to say about technology than my views about the Middle East. However, this is my blog, and I write as much for myself as I … Continue reading
Israel/Palestine, my prediction for the future: A Palestinian State but no peace agreement
In my last post on the topic of Israel/Palestine, I laid out a number of possible scenarios. It was not an exhaustive list. The purpose of this post is to suggest what I think will happen. But I need to make a disclaimer first. It is extremely hard to predict what will happen in this part of the world. While there are clear forces at work, there is also a lot of random events that can shape the future. Never the less, I am going to give it a try. I could also not deal with each and every issue.
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Israel/Palestine: The Future Part I-Key Assumptions
We are almost at the end of my series on Israel and Palestine. All the other posts have dealt with the history and the current situation. My next posts will explore what might happen in the future. I will do that by first considering my assumptions in this post. The following post will outline the various alternatives I have considered. In my final post, I will choose the scenario I consider most likely and explain why. Then I will be done on this topic at least for a while. Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 