Month: June 2007

As we approach the day when Elie will have been in the army for three months, the one lasting impression I have so far is […]

Syria and Hezbollah are likely to start a war against Israel next summer,according to General Staff assessments that have been gathered during a seriesof meetings […]

Elie is on the “21” day plan now. That means that he was home last weekend and won’t be home for another 21 days. This […]

A new Amnesty International Report on the West Bank has charged Israel with the “destruction of hope” of Palestinians. Funny that they do not identify […]

Israel is often mentioned as the only real democracy in the Middle East. This point was brought home recently, as Syria took to the polls. […]

Israelis are living in a parallel universe lately. For most, life is filled with the ordinary. We get up in the morning, get ourselves and […]

A few days ago, an eight-day-old Palestinian baby girl was rushed to an Israeli hospital, suffering from a life-threatening heart condition An Israeli paramedic at […]

In times of stress and war, Israelis reach out to each other. This is the way it was last summer in the north, and this […]