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Into the Winepress

It’s been a long time coming.
For decades the United States of America has been edging away from its only real friend in the Middle East.
The relationship — which began tentatively at that brave moment when President Truman defied the ‘wise men” in his own administration and chose to recognize the newly born Jewish state; the [...]

The empty promises of a president of the United States

US President Barack Obama stood in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations last week, spelled out his goals of pursuing nuclear disarmament and preventing proliferation, and announced his intention to squeeze Israel hard to surrender the historical homeland of the Jewish people for the creation of an Arab state.
The United States has an [...]

Back among the most hated

On August 27 my family and I returned to Jerusalem from a summer vacation in central Europe. For a few glorious weeks we relished the cool days, the occasional, dramatic thunderstorm and bucketing rain that left the lush, deep-green vegetation streaming and dripping for hours.

With the drought, heat waves, grime and crush of Jerusalem far [...]