Dear Mr President Shooting for the sake of shooting does not signal strength and determination. On the contrary, it projects weakness and...

The journey to democracy is a long arduous and complex journey for any society. One problem however in regard to the Middle East is that...

Dear Pro Palestinian (so called) and human rights activists around the world. Shame on you.  I have watched with disbelief as you have...

Gilad is home! After five years and four months, the Shalit family’s nightmare is at an end.  Their hopes and prayers, along with those...

Once more reality bites with a vengeance as the security and diplomatic realities of our region take centre stage, with the struggle for...

First published in the Jerusalem Post 29/07/11 A good friend of mine is mourning the loss of her elderly neighbor. David lived  upstairs...

As we marked the fifth anniversary of Gilad, Shalit’s kidnap and incarceration in dungeon like conditions, the International Red Cross...

A great article, published with Jeff’s permission. By JEFF BARAK  05/01/2011 If Labor is to return to a position of influence, it will...

In November 1977, the then Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made his historic visit to Jerusalem where the very next day he addressed the...

The British politician Enoch Powel famously said that ” All political careers end in failure”.  In my opinion, that tends to because the...

In 1989 the fall of the Berlin Wall, leading to the ultimate fall of communism in Europe, came as a complete surprise to the intelligence...

Today’s clash between Lebanese and Israeli forces has raised tensions to dangerous level. Yesterday’s rocket attack on Eilat, or perhaps...

The 1973 uber kitsch pop song " Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak tree" by the group Dawn was a major hit and opens with the line,...

A thought for the National left... Some say a people gets the government it deserves. That is a scary thought in today's Israel. Do we...

Is it just me or what? I mean what the hell where they thinking?  Which one of our esteemed leaders thought that dropping a few of our...

I wonder what left and right mean in Israel today and in fact if the terms are still relevant. I define myself as a pragmatic Zionist....

The male ego is a fragile entity, which requires massaging on a regular basis. But what happens when the male ego endangers the national...

How long will it be before the government decides to act. I hate to labour the point and to be honest, two blogs on the same subject in...

The military figures prominently in Israeli society, some say too prominently and well, there is certainly a debate to be had on that...

I am not one for conspiracy theories, however I cannot escape the suspicion that someone at the Nobel Foundation is really "out to get"...