Bulldozed and confused

Today’s bizarre attack in downtown Jerusalem has Israelis searching for answers.
We don’t know yet why Husam Taysir Dwayat went on his rampage, whether it was planned – or even if it is, in fact, linked to Palestinian terrorism.
But, since Israelis need to find a lesson in every event, we are all searching for connections, trying to find a pattern.
What is striking, [...]

Shoot first… don’t ask questions later

In the latest confirmation of my report on the Egypt-Israel border situation, Egyptian border guards on Tuesday shot dead a Sudanese man trying to cross into Israel.
The AP report:
Egyptian border guards kill Sudanese migrant in Sinai
 
RAFAH, Egypt: An Egyptian health official says border guards have killed a Sudanese migrant who was allegedly trying to cross illegally [...]

Peace sells… but who’s buying?

Talks between Syria and Israel make perfect sense. If you’re Bashar Assad, that is.

The road to perdition

A highway in disrepair and an ineffective fence make Israel’s southern border almost impossible to defend

The grass is no greener on the other side of the fence

‘There’s a tendency to blame the Egyptians for what’s going on at the border, and the truth is that they don’t do much’

A highway for Africans with nothing to lose

They advance toward Israel’s southern border, their only obstacle an insignificant coil of barbed wire, in hopes of joining the thousands like them who have already found refuge in the Promised Land

Service not included

The sudden growth of a state-sponsored voluntary national service program is being quietly celebrated by the government - and loudly condemned by the Arab community

The atoms family

Pan-Arab nuclear power is as real a prospect as ever

More than meets the eye

In Lebanon, where so little is simple, the standoff at Nahr el-Bared is much more than meets the eye

Married to the mob

If Israel is to stand a chance against organized crime, it’ll need to use every one of
its new legal weapons in a war that has until now gone wrong more often than right