Steve Clemons hosted a discussion of bloggers which looked at the new Israeli government. Daniel Levy, who I feel has been saying a lot of spot on things lately despite not quite letting go of the Zionist dream, offered this on Lieberman’s success:
“Lieberman chose to run a campaign of overt ugly pretty much no [...]

M.J. Rosenberg is wondering what’s up with Israel’s “greeting” to Iran. He says that if it’s an “innocent coincidence” it’s no big deal, if it’s intentional, that’s a problem. I think either way it’s a problem. Netanyahu has already passed messages to the White House that Israel sees a time table on [...]

Twice in recent days the New York Times has run stories about the situation in the Palestinian village of Ni’lin. Granted, it took the

The Israeli High Court ruled that Israeli officials could go ahead with the demolition of the home belonging to the family of a man who attacked people and cars in Jerusalem last July. Ha’aretz writes:
Israeli authorities on Wednesday received a go-ahead to raze the home of an East Jerusalem Palestinian man who hijacked a [...]