By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — He jests at scars who never felt the wound, wrote Shakespeare, and it is an appropriate sentiment to point out that while Western observers ridicule the fear of an Islamist Egypt, a lot of Arab writers are very worried. In fact, here are three articles that display such concerns.

By Rabbi Dow Marmur  JERUSALEM–“Build, Bibi, build!” That’s the heading of an advertisement that has appeared here. It’s issued by Likud and sponsored by its strong settlement lobby. The ad shows pictures of eight party members in the current government who have spoken in favour of settlements expansion in the West Bank. In addition, there’s also

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The astonishing events taking place in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, even in the Palestinian territories are being watched by Israel with grave interest.   So far, the imprint of these seismic outbursts and initial changes seem not to be as sectarian-driven as they are simply the yearnings of many