Ariel Sharon’s victory in the elections on 6 February is an absolute certainty, and speculations to the contrary are useless and reflect a combination of wishful thinking and childish refusal to accept harsh realities. המשך קריאת הפוסט "Sharon’ Limited Scope, Feb 2001"

By 21 January it has become quite clear that Shimon Peres is not gathering momentum in the race to the post of Prime Minister. On the contrary: his star is waning by the hour, and only his diehard adherents still believe in miracles. המשך קריאת הפוסט "Sharon Is Marching On, Jan 2001"

Saving a divine interference (a viable contingency in the Holy Land) Ariel Sharon is going to form the new Israeli government as of February 7, a day after the special elections to the post of Prime Minister. המשך קריאת הפוסט "The Writing on the Wall, Jan 2001"

On 19 December, at 01.00, Mr Binyamin Netanyahu lost his chance to win power in the February (or possibly March) 2001 special elections to the prime-ministership. The trickiest politician in Israel's history was out-tricked by Ehud Barak in the most bizzare manner. המשך קריאת הפוסט "Netanyahu’s Strange Debacle, Dec 2000"

For two long months Mr Ehud barak has been butchring the Palestinian people in the territories and inside Israel proper with virtual impunity, if one does not regard the loss of power as punishment for his immoral and extremely unwise behaviour. By 1 December, Barak was arrogant enough to launch his new election campaign in the Israeli-Arab town of Taibe. המשך קריאת הפוסט "A Faltering Easy Rider, Nov 2000"

The most popular Israeli pop song in the 1970s was entitled: “The World is against us”. To be perfectly honest, it was not exactly a masterpiece. The rather simplistic message was accompanied by an equally banal tune, the usual tiresome combination between Russian folk music and pseudo oriental sound. המשך קריאת הפוסט "Israel V The rest of the world, Nov 2000"

I was sitting with my ten-year old son Evyatar, when the Mahaneh-Yehuda car bomb went off on 2 November, killing two innocent civilians and injuring ten. The sense of deja vu was really acute, as both of us went through the same routine three years ago. המשך קריאת הפוסט "The Process’s Sad Secret, Nov 2000"

In Jerusalem, tense and visibly unhappy Israelis and Palestinians brace themselves for the inevitable disaster, and the sane minority on both sides is feebly waiting for a miracle, which is very unlikely to occur. המשך קריאת הפוסט "Bleak Future, Oct 2000"

A colleague of mine at Kol Hair , fled from Jerusalem on Friday, 8 October, taking with him his wife and the two months old baby daughter to seek a refuge at his parents’s home in the Israeli-Arab village of Tirah. The story is chilling enough, to remind any Israeli with some sense of history the events in the weimar Republic המשך קריאת הפוסט "A Somber Day of Attonment, Oct 2000"