Archive for April, 2010
Israel is Absent at Nuclear Summit
At the largest convention of world leaders in Washington in more than 50 years, President Obama can point to making progress. With Russia and Ukraine working to cut back on stockpiles of Uranium and bombs, and China with the U.S. on Iran sanctions, Israel should feel confident. Israel remained absent from the meeting, however. Speculations [...]
Gaza Prospers and West Bank Plants In Hope for Peace
In Gaza, the tunnels that lead to Egypt are a key mechanism for the transportation of goods. They have recently been multiplying like rabbits, fueling illegal trading of supplies that Israel has outlawed, in turn, dropping prices and leading to rebuilding of the areas that Israel bombed last year. Overall, Gaza is in much better shape than the [...]
Westernization and Palestine
It has recently been argued in an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal that the Westernization of the world is not related to Palestine, and infuriates jihadists nevertheless; that no matter the cause, Islamists would find reason to hate America. Westernization, Bret Stephens suggests, will be embraced by few and rejected by many, as is always [...]
