NOTHING COULD be more scary than the thought that this duo – Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak – is in a position to start a war, the dimensions and outcome of which are incalculable. It’s scary not only because of their ideological fixations and mental outlook, but also because of the level of their intelligence. … Read more
AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN has a restless nature. From time to time he has to do something, anything. As Minister of Foreign Affairs he should be doing something about, well, foreign affairs. Trouble is, Israel’s foreign affairs are managed by others. The most important sector of our foreign affairs concerns the relationship with the United States. Indeed, … Read more
AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN has a restless nature. From time to time he has to do something, anything. As Minister of Foreign Affairs he should be doing something about, well, foreign affairs. Trouble is, Israel’s foreign affairs are managed by others. The most important sector of our foreign affairs concerns the relationship with the United States. Indeed, … Read more
WAS not interested in Paul Ryan, the man about to be nominated by the Republican party for the office of Vice President, until the name Ayn Rand popped up. Ayn Rand, it was said, was one of the main inspirations for his particular philosophy. Since Ryan is being represented not as an ordinary, run-of-the-mill politician, … Read more
WAS not interested in Paul Ryan, the man about to be nominated by the Republican party for the office of Vice President, until the name Ayn Rand popped up. Ayn Rand, it was said, was one of the main inspirations for his particular philosophy. Since Ryan is being represented not as an ordinary, run-of-the-mill politician, … Read more
BINYAMIN NETANYAHU may be crazy, but he is not mad.Ehud Barak may be mad, but he is not crazy.Ergo: Israel will not attack Iran. I HAVE said so before, and I shall say so again, even after the endless talkabout it. Indeed no war has been talked about so much before it happened.To quote the … Read more
BINYAMIN NETANYAHU may be crazy, but he is not mad.Ehud Barak may be mad, but he is not crazy.Ergo: Israel will not attack Iran. I HAVE said so before, and I shall say so again, even after the endless talkabout it. Indeed no war has been talked about so much before it happened.To quote the … Read more
ON A flight to London in 1961, I had a unique experience.On the way, the plane made a stop in Athens and a group of Arabs joined us. That by itself was an experience. In those days, Israelis hardly ever met people from Arab countries. Three young Arabs took seats in the row behind me, … Read more
ON A flight to London in 1961, I had a unique experience.On the way, the plane made a stop in Athens and a group of Arabs joined us. That by itself was an experience. In those days, Israelis hardly ever met people from Arab countries. Three young Arabs took seats in the row behind me, … Read more
TO SUM up the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in one word: kitsch.To sum up the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in two words: wonderful kitsch. HONEST DISCLOSURE: I am an Anglophile. At the age of 15 I started working for an Oxford-educated lawyer. At the office only English was spoken. So I … Read more