Middle East

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Warning: The following isn’t nice. The liberal moaning and wailing has begun.  The circumstances of the referendum on Egypt’s new constitution, the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, and what appears to be the impending crackdown on Hamas have produced calls for “inclusion” and “democratic norms,” and the denunciation of the

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The indiscreet and disparaging comments about John Kerry’s endeavor to bring peace to Palestinians and Israelis, and about Kerry as a person, by Moshe Ya’alon, Israel’s minister of defense, did a lot of damage to US-Israel relations. It was tellingly reflected in the angry reactions from the White House and from

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israelis’ wrestling with the issue of illegal immigrants is no less complicated, and maybe a bit more so than in other developed countries. As the one developed country with a land border with Africa, Israel is bound to have a problem. No matter how difficult life may be here, there

By J.Zel Lurie    DELRAY BEACH, Florida —This is my first column in my second century. It will be devoted to my daughter Susan, who  made aliyah over 40 years ago.  She had earned a Ph.D. in Botany at New York University.  She spent many decades as a research scientist at the Israeli Agricultural Center.

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–There seems to be an ominous agreement between the government of Israel and the government of the Palestinian Authority about US Secretary of State John Kerry’s valiant efforts to bring about peace: nothing will come of it. Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has again stated that the Palestinians won’t recognize Israel as a

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Upon the news of the death of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon the Arab world expressed glee, as he is perceived by them as the great Israeli butcher of the Arabs. Palestinian Media Watch exposed that Sharon was also attacked and scorned by Arab members of Knesset, who joined