Serving Their Country After Serving Time

Posted: Mon, 12/31/2012 - 19:52 | Posted by: Adam Dickter | Gary Rosenblatt

Avigdor Lieberman, who stepped down as foreign minister of Israel last week and has been indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust, is still hopeful of playing a key role in the next government, with elections three weeks ago.

He may well be right.

Don't Call J Street `Anti-Israel'

Posted: Thu, 03/22/2012 - 21:46 | Posted by: Gary Rosenblatt | Gary Rosenblatt

I was saddened to see that Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, has come out with a statement entitled “J Street is Anti-Israel, Not Simply Extremist Leftwing.”

Bibi’s Blunder: The Mideast’s Mr. No

Posted: Sun, 05/22/2011 - 13:49 | Posted by: Gary Rosenblatt | The RosenBlog

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had an excellent response to President Obama’s major speech on the Arab world and the Israel-Palestinian conflict. But it came two days too late, and the net result is another hasbara disaster for Jerusalem.

Netanyahu said on Saturday that Obama had “shown his commitment to Israel’s security, both in word and deed,” in Thursday’s Presidential speech, adding: “We are working with the administration to achieve common goals.”

Why The Chief Rabbi Isn’t At LimmudUK

Posted: Wed, 12/29/2010 - 12:23 | Posted by: Gary Rosenblatt | The RosenBlog

Coventry, England – One of the most impressive aspects of LimmudUK, which seeks to educate, inspire and entertain people on their Jewish journeys, is its open tent policy, accounting for more than 2,000 participants at this year’s five-day conference.

But not every element of British Jewry is represented at this grassroots, volunteer-driven event, and it’s curious to see who is not here.

Israel's 'self-delegitimization,' apartheid and the settlement building boom

Posted: Sun, 12/26/2010 - 11:00 | Posted by: James Besser | Political Insider

I was going to blog about about Ethan Bronner's report in the New York Times last week on the new West Bank settlement boom and the fact that it is happening “especially in more remote communities that are least likely to be part of Israel after any two-state peace deal,&rd