Sources: With EU appointments, Israel gets ‘friend’ in Tusk, ‘tabula rasa’ with Mogherini by HERB KEINON August 31, 2014 – 9:30 P.M. Israeli officials on Sunday warmly welcomed Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s appointment as president of the European Council,…
Netanyahu: Toppling Hamas still on agenda; Livni: Talk with PA unity government
PM: Toppling Hamas remains an option Netanyahu says some ministers need to understand meaning of ‘collective responsibility;’ opposes new elections, though he intends to run for fourth term by HERB KEINON August 30, 2014 – 11:00 P.M. Prime Minister Binyamin…
Aliya in the Time of Cholera
Aliya in the Time of Cholera By HERB KEINON August 29, 2014 – 4:30 P.M. My niece is sweet, smart, pretty and sensible. She just made aliya with her husband, both in their mid-20s. Immigration in the midst of war;…
After Gaza: Sober about war … and about peace
Searching for the middle ground between war and peace by HERB KEINON Aug. 29, 2014 – 12:00 P.M. Two strong, countervailing Israeli traits have been on full display over the last few weeks – traits as quintessentially Israeli as streets…
PM: Gaza operation a military and diplomatic success, but ‘too early to tell’ if it will lead to prolonged quiet
Netanyahu: Gaza operation was military and diplomatic success PM says Hamas hit with full force, but ‘too early to tell’ whether there will be prolonged quiet by HERB KEINON August 27, 2014 – 10:45 P.M. Amid rapidly declining approval ratings,…
Israeli security officials paint picture of Gaza seething, Hamas in disarray, but armed wing ready to keep fighting
Security officials paint picture of Gaza street seething, Hamas in disarray By HERB KEINON August 25, 2014 – 11:45 P.M. As Operation Protective Edge enters its seventh week on Tuesday, Hamas has taken a severe military and morale blow, but…
Not wanting to go toe-to-toe with US over key ally, Israel refrains from full diplomatic campaign against Qatar
Prosor slams Qatar, but Israel has not launched diplomatic campaign against Hamas’ key backer and US ally by HERB KEINON August 25, 2014 – 6:00 P.M. Israel has not launched a full-court diplomatic campaign against Qatar for aiding and abetting…
Brace for differentiations between ‘bad’ Islamic extremists, and ‘good’ ones
Brace for differentiations between ‘bad’ Islamic extremists, and ‘good’ ones ANALYSIS by HERB KEINON August 20, 2014 – 5:30 p.m. Wednesday felt uncomfortably a lot like those first early days of Operation Protective Edge. Hamas fired rockets, we attacked targets…
The Gaza operation: Fighting that will flicker out, not be dramatically doused
Fighting that will flicker out, not be dramatically doused ANALYSIS by HERB KEINON August 19, 2014 – 8:45 P.M. The mind yearns for closure. Now we have a war, now we don’t. Now there is a battle, now its over.…
The Gaza operation: a mini-war full of surprises
A military operation full of surprises Certain elements of Operation Protective Edge did not go according to script: Hamas could not be read; European governments lent support, even as their publics protested viciously; and leading Israeli pols presented ‘day after’…