The Israeli Knesset voted to disband itself and call for new elections. The British Parliament has similar system An elected government can stay in office for a full term (in Israel that’s 5 years) or, if feeling confident, can call for a new round of elections to strengthen their position. They can also be forced … More Elections =and Confusion
This past week has been marked in the area around my home by cold and rainy weather. The coming week looks like it will be the same. I’m happy to see the rain, because in this part of the world water is a very precious resource. but the cold temperatures are a different matter. I’m … More A Cold and Wet New Year
The Taylor Force Act is an American Law that withholds funding to the Palestinian Authority in an amount equal to what the PA spends rewarding terror. The money is simply placed in a frozen status for up to 2 years before it can be allocated to other use. The law is named for an American … More The Force in the Taylor Force Act.
Hamas controls Gaza. They also have some support in the Fatah controlled territories in Judea and Samaria. They made an agreement via Egyptian mediators to abstain from violent confrontations on the Israel-Gaza border. So far, So good. make Israel uncomfortable without having the Israelis destroying them in Gaza. It seems Israel was prepared to do … More Creative Thinking – Hamas Style
According to Security Council resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978) of 19 March 1978, UNIFIL was established to: Confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon. Restore international peace and security. Assist the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area. According to Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) of 11 August 2006, UNIFIL, in … More UNIFIL – Theory and practice
Friday the US sponsored a resolution to condemn Hamas for recently firing over 450 rockets into Israel. It failed to get a majority of the member countries to support it. Why? The act of firing even one unguided rocket in the general direction of any city seems to me to be a clear act of … More Same old Biased UN
In an earlier blog I wrote about how UN General Assembly Resolutions were seriously flawed in the concepts and wording they used in an effort to bring about what can be presented as a solution to some real problems. Today I want to focus on how those resolutions, which are recommendations only, and are NOT … More Those UN Resolutions – Why They Matter Now.
On Friday the UN General Assembly passed a series of resolutions pertaining to the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict. Most of them simply duplicate what the UN has said before.So why bring it up again? Because the wording of these resolution is couched in terms that are unfavorable to Israel. They use terms like “occupying power”, and … More Rewriting History in the UN
I left the ES Navy in 1972. We already planned to move to Israel. I considered the possibility of sailing in the Israeli Merchant Marine nd got a couple of letters of recommendation before we left. I also arranged for a US Merchant Marine document, but that’s a separate story. We made the move and … More A Remarkable Eye Test
The Hamas government in Gaza has been gloating over how the last round of hostilities has resulted in the resignation of Israeli defense minister Avigdor Lieberman. They claim they were responsible for his resignation. Well, that’s partly true. He wanted a stiffer response to th firing of over 450 rockets at Israeli civilians. The Prime … More And the Minister Resigned
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