HAIFA: Israel was dead wrong in launching an attack by naval commandos against a flotilla carrying pro-Palestinian activists who were making an attempt to break the Israeli-Egyptian siege of Gaza. That long-term siege, put in place after Hamas (...)
TEL AVIV: "The voters , said Binyamin Netanyahu in his strange victory speech, during Israel's bizarre post-election night, "have spoken. And so they have, in a multiplicity of self-contradictory voices. Welcome to the mad world of Israeli (...)
HAIFA: Famously irreverent, Israelis tend to call their leaders by their first name or childhood nickname. But don't be fooled: Tzipi (Tzipora) Livni is nobody's close friend. Her dry style, personal remoteness, and forced smiles make her an (...)
Americans speak of "Middle America and Britons of "Middle England. Both are near mythic places that supposedly embody the authentic character of the nation. Israel, too, has its "Middle Israel, but it is very different from the place that Americans (...)