IJN Editorial Staff
From Begin to Olmert, perversity over prisoners
IJN Editorial StaffJul 10, 2008
Dont blame this one on the feckless Ehud Olmert. Former Israel Prime Minister Menachem Begin fell prey to the same emotional blackmail. It runs like this: No price is...
Messianics: not discriminating, nor discriminated against
IJN Editorial StaffJul 10, 2008
Discrimination has two connotations, one positive, one negative. Positively, a person who is discriminating has good taste in wine, in clothes, in friends and in...
July 4 — obviousities
IJN Editorial StaffJul 03, 2008
Hail the Fourth of July, when barbecue picnics scent the sultry midsummer air, when rainbows of fiery light illuminate the balmy night, when Old Glory flutters from many...
A green world, an oil world — both
IJN Editorial StaffJul 03, 2008
It need not be, and it should not be, a zero sum game, but the way environmentalism is pushed today, it is a zero-sum game. The same is true for […]
Marsha Gardenswartz, 1953-2008
IJN Editorial StaffJun 26, 2008
The boundaries of birth and death allow no argument, only choices. Do we live as insubstantial shadows, or mountains rising high? Marsha Gardenswartz, so petite,...
The logic of an Israel-Syria peace agreement
IJN Editorial StaffJun 26, 2008
The last attempt at a peace deal between Israel and Syria was in the late 1990s. It fell apart only because Syrias leader, Hafez Assad, died. Israel was prepared to...
Summer’s long Shabbat
IJN Editorial StaffJun 19, 2008
With the summer equinox comes the longest day of the year that is the longest period between sunrise and sunset. Tomorrow, therefore, is the longest Shabbat...
Israeli deathbed lament: ‘I wish I’d spent more time at the office’
IJN Editorial StaffJun 19, 2008
A recent study published by the Bank of Israel concluded that Israel has joined the rarified ranks of the chronically overworked, coming in third behind Japan and South...
The devil is dancing
IJN Editorial StaffJun 19, 2008
Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War, a new book by conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, confuses the thoughtful reader before a single page is opened. WW II,...
If Israel is less safe, don’t look to Bush — look to Israel
IJN Editorial StaffJun 13, 2008
Say that George Bush has not advanced the cause of peace in Israel, if you like, but dont say that Bush is responsible for Israels diminished safety. It is not...
