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We’ll take Gilad; here, you take Muhammad Atta

The stunning news that a deal has been struck to restore Gilad Shalit’s freedom is welcome assurance for the power of prayer, unmitigated ecstasy for his family and...

‘Spring’ in Egypt? More like blackmail

Somehow, a dual American-Israeli citizen, Ilan Grapel, got into Egypt on false pretenses (lying on his application papers) and was arrested for being a spy. Grapel, a...

70 years since Babi Yar

Seventy years ago, almost to the day, some 33,000 Jews were murdered in Babi Yar, a ravine near Kiev. The Babi Yar numbers are numbing — equivalent to ten 9/11s...

Cutting your national nose

Spring has sprung and the palm trees of Egypt are suddenly sodden, or sick, or something. New freedom in Egypt means cutting your exports of hundreds of thousands of...

‘Even paranoids have enemies’

Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State back in the paranoid Nixon days, once delightfully said (of Nixon, we suppose): “Even paranoids have enemies.” Yes, they do....

Guns and marijuana don’t mix

Many are bent out of shape over a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives letter sent to gun sellers. The government wrote to gun sellers that it is...

Pardon me!

Whether an uncovered sneeze or egregious action is at fault, ‘tis the season to be sorry. Some of us habitually apologize, even in the absence of wrongdoing. Others...

Kudos to Obama and Netanyahu for two phenomenal speeches at the UN

I. President Obama The cynics will say that President Obama’s speech on behalf of Israel at the UN last week was motivated by electoral concerns — he got the message...

Prayers for 5772 from the IJN Staff

AT this time of upheaval in the Middle East, uncertainty in Israel and deepening divisiveness here at home, I pray for understanding, coexistence and peace. I pray that...

The fallacy of a ‘green’ environment

These are not trick questions: He who recycles extensively is more environmentally responsible than he who does not — right? He who drives a car that gets 27 mpg is...