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Israel’s War With Hezbollah Was Not a FailureAccording to the final report released this week by the government-appointed Winograd Commission, Israel’s 2006 war against Hezbollah consisted of little but failures. For this Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was to blame, Defense Minister Amir Peretz was to blame, the Israeli military was to blame, everybody was to blame — and since the commission’s members declined to name names, nobody was to blame.…Read more
Prepare for the Day Iran Goes Nuclear, for Eventually It WillPresident Bush’s time in office is running out, and so far he has been unable to convince the Pentagon, Congress or the American people of the need to leap into the Iranian lake before he can get out of the Iraqi puddle. Of course, Israel may carry out a strike against Iran on its own. However, given the formidable intelligence and operational problems it would involve, such a strike does not appear very likely at the moment.…Read more
The World Can Live With a Nuclear IranMahmoud Ahmadinejad looks and sounds as if he is in a panic — and the Iranian president, on tour in New York this week, has very good reason to be. Israel, which Ahmadinejad regards as his country’s great enemy, has just carried out what seems to be a very successful strike against an important Syrian installation. And behind Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stands President Bush — the same President Bush who four years ago needed no reason at all to take on Iran’s neighbor to the west and demolish it to the point where it may never rise again.…Read more
Israel Is Training for the Wrong WarIn the year since last summer’s war with Hezbollah, the Israeli military has been busy preparing for the next round of violence.…Read more
Let Palestine Split Into TwoMany divorces are bitter, and they rarely make for a pretty spectacle. Nevertheless, once the fireworks die down some of them end well. Quite often a divorce enables two people who cannot live together to go their separate ways, if not to achieve reconciliation then at any rate to find new partners and make a fresh start.…Read more
Prepare for the Day Iran Goes Nuclear, for Eventually It WillPresident Bush’s time in office is running out, and so far he has been unable to convince the Pentagon, Congress or the American people of the need to leap into the Iranian lake before he can get out of the Iraqi puddle. Of course, Israel may carry out a strike against Iran on its own. However, given the formidable intelligence and operational problems it would involve, such a strike does not appear very likely at the moment.…Read more
The World Can Live With a Nuclear IranMahmoud Ahmadinejad looks and sounds as if he is in a panic — and the Iranian president, on tour in New York this week, has very good reason to be. Israel, which Ahmadinejad regards as his country’s great enemy, has just carried out what seems to be a very successful strike against an important Syrian installation. And behind Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stands President Bush — the same President Bush who four years ago needed no reason at all to take on Iran’s neighbor to the west and demolish it to the point where it may never rise again.…Read more
Israel Is Training for the Wrong WarIn the year since last summer’s war with Hezbollah, the Israeli military has been busy preparing for the next round of violence.…Read more
Let Palestine Split Into TwoMany divorces are bitter, and they rarely make for a pretty spectacle. Nevertheless, once the fireworks die down some of them end well. Quite often a divorce enables two people who cannot live together to go their separate ways, if not to achieve reconciliation then at any rate to find new partners and make a fresh start.…Read more
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- Ehud Olmert Is Not Solely To Blame
- War Clouds Gather Over the Golan
- Make a Deal With Syria and Weaken the Iran-Hezbollah Axis
- Knowing Why Not To Bomb Iran Is Half the Battle
- Sanction Palestinian Moderation By Imposing Moderate Sanctions
- Costly Withdrawal Is the Price To Be Paid for a Foolish War
- Overcoming Israel’s Separation Anxiety
- Dangers of a Drawn-out War
- Israeli Police Probe Allegations That New York Charity Funneled Funds to Olmert-Tied Entity
- Plan to House Two N.Y. Shuls Erupts Into Feud
- Rabbinical Court Puts Thousands Of Converts in Legal Limbo
- Wearing Identity on Its Sleeve, German Far Right Gets a Makeover
- Think Tank Aims To Infuse Jewish Mainstream With Dashes of Color
- Israeli Diamond Magnate’s Business Unwelcome in Dubai
- Let Them Change Light Bulbs
Noam Neusner - Help Others In Israel Follow The Path of The Druze
Reda Mansour - Iranians Ought To Be Clear on the Price of Going Nuclear
Thomas Lippman - A Time for Mourning, A Time To Rejoice
Leonard Fein - We Weren’t Always United by Indissoluble Bonds
Michael Oren - To Have an Impact, a Ban on Cluster Bombs Must Be Absolute
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