GesturesSeptember 27, 1996David Makovsky’s headline article in today’s JerusalemPost is titled: US WANTS ISRAEL TO MAKE A GESTURE TODEFUSE TENSION. The first paragraph states: “Secretaryof State Warren Christopher has asked Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu to take “concrete steps,” after thepremier meets meeting with Palestinian leader YassirArafat, that would end the fighting AND LEAD TO THERENEWAL OF NEGOTIATIONS ON HEBRON AS SOON […]
Read moreHeshbon Nefesh Erev Yom Kippur 5757 September 22, 1996Heshbon Nefesh, in Hebrew, means, a personal reflection,an accounting – a kind of `soul-searching.’ In theory, aperson should do a `heshbon nefesh’ daily, but more thanever before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. A heshbon nefesh, however, is not only a personalaffair. It must also be a national undertaking. Thepast year has […]
Read moreHebron Tomorrow: After the Flood Erev Rosh HaShana 5757September 8, 1996Mission Impossible made possible – against all odds,reason and seeming logic – the impossible became reality.The “Mahapach” – the toppling of a government espousingabandonment, seeking a “piece plan,” the Mahapach becamereality with the rise of Benyamin Netanyahu to theoffice of Prime Minister and the Israeli `nationalistic’parties as a majority in […]
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