Tuesday, did the Israeli electorate determine that Zionism is no longer relevant? The chattering class's repeated characterization of this week's elections as "post-Zionist," prompted me to return to the sources. To Theodor Herzl. Would Herzl have understood the problems and dangers plaguing Israel today? How would the father of modern Zionism deal with the current... [ Read entire Post ]
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March 2006 Archives
March 31, 2006 at 8:27 PM
The father of post-modern Zionism
March 28, 2006 at 8:23 PM
Of ideology and incompetence
Sunday evening Kadima Education Minister Meir Sheetrit extolled Kadima's "uniqueness" as the one Israeli party which "has disengaged from all ideology." Sheetrit proudly proclaimed: "We don't have the baggage of the heritage of Ze'ev Jabotinsky or Berl Katzenelson [the ideological founding fathers of Likud and Labor] on our back. We are looking only to the... [ Read entire Post ]
March 23, 2006 at 8:00 PM
The Jewish threat
On the eve of Israel's elections, Israelis should be deeply concerned about the state of our relations with the United States. Last week the London Review of Books published a long article under the heading "The Israel Lobby." The article was authored by two prominent American international relations and political science professors: Stephen Walt, the... [ Read entire Post ]
March 20, 2006 at 5:30 PM
Israel's uninformed electorate
On the eve of the Knesset elections, Israel faces multiple challenges. Hamas, in appointing technocrats and terrorists to run its new government is showing that it is possible to learn from the Nazi model of governance. Even genocidal mass murderers who seduce their societies with delusions of racial and religious supremacy can receive international acclaim... [ Read entire Post ]
March 17, 2006 at 5:20 PM
Israel's policy quacks
If a doctor treated a breast cancer patient by amputating her big toe, he would doubtlessly be kicked out of medicine. Medical quackery is punished today. Sadly, the same cannot necessarily be said of public policy malpractice. Last Wednesday the US suffered a predictable diplomatic defeat. The UN General Assembly approved the establishment of a new... [ Read entire Post ]
March 13, 2006 at 5:04 PM
Seinfeld vs. Churchill
Israel's election campaign presents an unparalleled challenge to Israelis on both the Right and the Left who care about the issues challenging the country. Today, not only do they have to defend what they believe, they also have to defend their right to believe anything. Last Friday, Makor Rishon published an in-depth report on the growing... [ Read entire Post ]
March 9, 2006 at 5:09 PM
Kadima vs. Israel
US President George W. Bush found himself immersed last week in a political crisis of his own making. For the first time in his presidency, Americans told pollsters that they trust the Democrats more than the president on issues of national security. There is an Israel angle to Bush's misfortunes. In fact, the nature of... [ Read entire Post ]
March 3, 2006 at 4:53 PM
"Strong leadership for peace"
This week, Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu took a vital step towards reinvigorating Israel's democratic system. By forcing the Likud's Central Committee members to transfer their power to select the party's Knesset candidate slate to the rank and file membership of the party, Netanyahu brought about a change which optimally will make Likud Knesset members directly... [ Read entire Post ]
