The Forward has a great editorial this week that makes the 1973 analogy. The humiliation to Israel of the 1973 Yom Kippur war led to the peace treaty with Egypt, and the humiliations to Israel of this latest war might prepare the ground for peace. Gideon Levy made the same point in Haaretz last Read More
The videotape of a Palestinian girl running helplessly around a Gaza beach after the rest of her family was annihilated in an unclaimed explosion got the world’s attention three weeks ago. Horror like this is rarely captured so freshly (even in Iraq!), and the blast has resulted in an international forensic/PR battle, a politicized whodunnit Read More
Assemblyman Dov Hikind at the anti-Sharon rally, according to the Jerusalem Post:
“The people of Gush Katif—these are the heroes of the Jewish people, these are the best that we have,” blared Dov Hikind, a New York State Assemblyman and Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn who has said that he has put his staff to Read More
