Middle East

By Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –I don’t remember much about war in Israel. I remember the orange trees, the thick breezes, my friends who had arrived from all over the world, and my grandmother, a stout, sturdy woman named Yona. I remember feeling warm and special, talking to her for hours on end, on her

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Before the new government of Israel will be sworn in, the Knesset will pass a bill that’ll allow the prime minister to enlarge his cabinet to satisfy the disgruntled members of his own Likud party who’re dismayed at the way in which Mr. Netanyahu bestowed ministerial posts on his coalition partners

By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida –Pundits, columnists and political science professors have commented on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new 61 to 59 new coalition government and have wondered how long it can last. If some member goes abroad or gets sick, the government can fall. Whether the government lasts for a few months

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The birth of the new government of Israel was slow and painful. The result is anything but a strong and healthy baby. Its razor-thin majority (61 out of 120 Knesset seats) is divided among five coalition parties. By all accounts, most of the major protagonists can’t stand each other and