Are we surprised? In the same week that the previously-mentioned op-ed from Peace Now attempts to blame Bush for the violence, a prominent Palestinian editor says that Arafat never intended to make peace at...

Evelyn Gordon of the Jerusalem Post is an old friend from college. At the beginning of her college career, she was both liberal and non-religious. By the end, she had improved considerably on both...

First of all, my erev Shabbos entry didn’t give examples of violence between 1993 and 1996 that Carter manages to ignore. Alan Miller sent a letter to the NY Times (where Carter’s drivel first...

George Bush once again demonstrated his understanding of terrorism and terrorists. He had nothing positive to say about Arafat, so he chose (wisely, as a head of state) to say nothing about him at...

Jimmy Carter is the only president that I have seen in person. I recall visiting the Air and Space Museum (part of the Smithsonian Institution) as a boy, and there he was, waving from...

R’ Avi Shafran, Agudah’s director of public affairs, forwarded the following comments: Jews don’t dance in the streets and fire weapons in celebration when their enemies die, but it would be disingenuous to say...

The Muslim Sheik dispatched to Arafat’s side was quoted on al-Jazeera saying that euthanasia is forbidden under Islamic law. Too bad Arafat’s in a coma, otherwise he could blow himself up, since as we...

Daniel Pipes makes a compelling argument that Bush’s new statements about a peaceful Palestinian state, plus Arafat’s much-awaited death, will lead to new risks to Israel. Read it here.