Ya’alon: Gen. Allen presented only partial security plan, and that was not satisfactory by HERB KEINON June 30, 2015 – 4:30 P.M. There is no comprehensive US plan that answers Israel’s security needs in the eventuality of an Israeli withdrawal…
Oren to ‘Post': Critics trying to discredit book by bashing me
Oren: I wrote book because I am a deeply concerned Israeli By HERB KEINON June 26, 2015 – 5:00 P.M. Former ambassador to the US Michael Oren, the target of a cascade of attacks over the past few weeks for…
Here we go again: packing another son off to the army
THE ARMY … AGAIN OUT THERE by HERB KEINON June 26, 2015 “Son,” I said to my yeshiva- learning, desert-walking, rock-climbing, hitchhiking, motorcycle-wannabe-riding third child the other day, “I’ll worry about you less in the army.” The boy, the one…
Eyebrows raised in J’lem over US furor over Oren op-ed, but silence when Indyk slams Netanyahu
Govt. offical: Why the fuss over Oren’s criticism of Obama, when Indyk slams Netanyahu all the time? • By HERB KEINON June 18, 2015 – 10:15 P.M. The State Department’s furor at Kulanu MK and former ambassador to the US…
Ariel Sharon to Sharansky in 2005: ‘After Gaza disengagement, world will be with us at least for 10 years’
THE GAZA WITHDRAWAL ACCORDING TO SHARANSKY Natan Sharansky quit the Sharon government some three months before the disengagement from Gaza. With the 10-year anniversary of that withdrawal approaching, he talks about why Sharon went ahead with the move, his plan…
Regarding Israel, is Uruguay the Canada of South America?
PM calls Uruguay’s leader to thank him for country’s support by HERB KEINON June 15, 2015 – 8:45 P.M. When it comes to support for Israel, Uruguay is turning into the Canada of South America, at least if a recent…
Obama to Israelis: Who do you trust more, Bibi or me?
‘Who are you going to trust?’ By HERB KEINON June 5, 2015 – 11:00 A.M. A video clip from December 4, 1991, is currently making the rounds, showing a younger, darker-haired Benjamin Netanyahu, then the country’s deputy foreign minister, at…
Blowing up the BDS threat: We fret, therefore we are
Fretting ourselves to distraction COMMENT By HERB KEINON June 1, 2015 – 11:00 P.M. As a people and as a nation, we fret, therefore we are. And, goodness knows, there is what to fret about. We have all the right…