The dead keep piling up. Israel keeps pushing in. So why doesn’t Hamas surrender? Estimates of the dead in Gaza are rough approximations. Eleven thousand, so far? So why doesn’t Hamas say, ‘we started this fight, we have lost.’ Why doesn’t Hamas say, ‘the human cost that so outrages the world was brought…

To Hamas – You are the cause of enormous bloodshed. Nothing justifies the killing you did on October 7th, aided by the repressive and brutal regime in Iran. And you, knowingly, used your people as human shields, to protect you from the wrath of Israel. You have devalued and dehumanized your own people…

Is the only Republican candidate who is confronting Trump’s supporters head on. ‘You’re not willing to face the truth,’ he says directly to them. Christie is unafraid of the cries of Trump partisans asking him to shut up. He waits for the wave of outrage to simmer down and he says…

Trapped in Gaza. Not able to see beyond its borders. It made a deal with Iran — supply us and train us — and we’ll hit Israel, your archenemy. ‘We’ll hit them good so it hurts a lot. We’ll convince our long suffering people, that it’s okay to die for the cause. That…

I didn’t intend to write a blog today, since I’m in the thick of a writing project, but I couldn’t resist. I saw clips of your address to the nation from the Oval office, yesterday, and then read the entire transcript. Congratulations. I was especially impressed by the fact that you, yourself…

The enduring conflict won’t come to an end next week, next year or a decade from now. It will fester for a long time, with intermittent eruptions like the one we’re living through now. Over the years, both parties have made mistakes. Grave mistakes. But Israel has managed to develop and prosper as…

On October 7. the Palestinian political organization Hamas launched a large scale attack on Israel from Gaza. Using thousands of rockets, they caused significant loss of life in Israel and also captured over one hundred Israeli hostages including American citizens. They intend to use them as pawns for negotiations. In…

Imagine for a moment that scenario. Russia, aided by all the nations which have been ‘neutral’ in the conflict (India, Turkey, Brazil, the Arab oil producing countries, even Israel) beats back an exhausted Ukraine and takes it over. Photos of a triumphant Putin being crowned Superior Leader of Russian Affiliated Nations…

In an hour or two, the second Republican debate will take place. I won’t see it but will take a look at the highlights from it in the newspapers. I hear that Trump won’t show up. Again. Apparently he was planning to meet with auto industry strikers instead. Good luck. He’ll need…