An important preamble: It is inexcusable that – after living for 75 years with the consequences and memories of the genocide of one-third of the world’s Jews, and while Holocaust survivors are still among us with their indelible nightmares – western nations, led by the United States, are prepared to sit in meetings, negotiate and … Read more
Australia’s recognition of “Western Jerusalem” can only perpetuate the Arab-Israeli conflict, not, as the Labor Party fallaciously charges, because it supports Israel’s claim to half the city, but because it supports the false Arab claim to any of it. What, I have been asked, are we to make of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s December … Read more
THE BEDROCK, JERUSALEM: Why would the central committee of Israel’s Likud political party, (of which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leader) be celebrating the ‘Christian’ New Year? This question tantalised me the minute I saw Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely rejoicing on a Twitter feed in the first minutes of the morning of January … Read more
The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States has turned, and is turning, the world upside down. While the impact on Israel is yet to become clear, some initial signs are encouraging. Is God resetting the clock? Twelve years ago I wrote the following: ============================= “I believe the main reason the United … Read more