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

cartoon: Ben Heine
The reactions from Israeli journalists and politicians to Azmi Bishara’s Knesset resignation provides a sort of Rorschach test for Israeli attitudes toward democracy. The first lesson you must learn about the attitudes of the majority of the 75-80% of Israelis who are Jews is that both the State and its democracy exists [...]

Trying to parse the various Kabuki-like statements coming from Condi Rice and the Israelis and Palestinians about their three-way talks yesterday produces an odd feeling of diplomatic whiplash. But the upshot of the deal is that essentially nothing happened. Which in terms of the Mideast conflict always portends worse to come. Like [...]