Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place

Robert Rosenberg (photo: ariga.com)
Polling today at 37 seats, it seems doubtful that anyone can dent Kadima’s lead in the three weeks remaining before Israeli elections. My heart is with Amir Peretz and Labor. But they’re holding steady at 20 seats, a small improvement over their current representation. Today’s Robert Rosenberg column [...]

Israel has a long and honored tradition of gross meddling in Palestinian politics in order to get the kinds of outcome it prefers. A few decades ago it was the Village Leagues, which were supposed to be West Bank toady tribal elders doing Israel’s bidding. Then Israel helped lay the groundwork for Hamas [...]