Historic Palestine: What you need to know!

I recently critiqued an article that used the term “historic Palestine” nine times in 21 pages without offering a definition even once. It is taken for granted that the reader would know what this term means. Not being a historian myself, I asked the historian Prof Amatzia Baram to explain it to me. He responded […]

Why The World Is Stuck On The Two-State-Solution

Asher Susser is a very impressive man. Now professor emeritus of Middle East history at Tel Aviv University, I took an online course from him called The Emergence of the Modern Middle East. I like his measured and calm way of talking. If you want to see the man for yourselves, here he is interviewed […]

Palestinian Arab, Habib, Isolated And Afraid, Yearns For Normalization With Israel

Leaders have legacies; the rest of us have lives. And normalization is a death sentence for some. Trump may be making his opening gambit for a Nobel Prize. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is making sure his legacy will include bamboozling the Western World with lies about educating kids toward peace while paying salaries […]

Pyro-Terrorism In Israel: 7 Points to Ponder

We will probably never know the whole story behind the 200+ fires that set Israel ablaze over the past 3-4 days. But pyro-terrorism should not surprise us. We were forewarned. Long ago. Fire as a Weapon of War Fire has been used in warfare throughout human history. Villages have been burned to the ground to […]

Pro-Palestinian Versus No-Palestinian: There Is Another Way

Here is a unique proposal – become the newest indigenous people in the world. In other words, Palestinian Arabs, you can write your own future. I dare you to. Or, you can continue to bask in the attention afforded you as you persist in the victimhood imposed upon you years ago by your fellow Arabs, […]

Yalla – Zehava Galon For Prime Minister!

It is easy to look back and say that decisions taken right after the 6-Day War were ill-guided and started us down a slippery slope to disaster regardless of whether you are a hawk or a dove. It is easy to look back and say that Oslo was either a fumbled promising new beginning or […]

Two State Solution: Have I Lost My Marbles?

I raised a few eyebrows when I posted a link to Bassem Eid’s new article, saying I endorse it. Friends wondered what had happened to me since I generally raise issues about why we should not promote the Two State Solution and this article definitely comes down on the side in favour of it. Let […]