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Sharkansky is a professor emeritus of political science at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He writes the "Letter from Jerusalem" for San Diego Jewish World

 

 

 

 

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IRA SHARKANSKY

2008
2008-09-08—Israeli professor worries over course his native United States is taking in world
2008-09-07
Are olim more prone to child-murder?
2008-09-04—Unlike Americans, Israeli families of politicians usually stay out of limelight
2008-09-02
Problems in U.S., Israel known; likely responses of leading candidates aren't
2008-08-25
Their limited knowledge does not prevent 'intellectuals' from Middle East punditry
2008-08-24
Do missile defense systems really defend?
2008-08-20
Former American, now an Israeli, finds faults with both Obama and McCain
2008-08-15Russian-Georgian conflict reverberates through Israel; chills its FSU relations
2008-08-12
Georgia appears to have provoked war with Russia; Jewish agencies aid refugees
2008-08-10—Rocky political future for prisoner deal
2008-08-07—The clowns who make policy in Palestine and the U.S. embarrass both governments
2008-08-03
Bush hopes to salvage Mideast success unrealistic with decline in Olmert's power
2008-07-31
Peace negotiations produce little news
2008-07-25—Israel's embarassments: Katsav, Olmert
2008-07-22
U.S. should heed Israeli lesson in Lebanon
2008-07-20Olmert's fingers on levers of power make those who would oust him quite cautious
2008-07-17
Bodies of Goldwasser and Regev return to Israel in post-Lebanon II war exchange
2008-07-14
Israel's national guessing game: Can Olmert last? If not, who will succeed him?
2008-07-09'
Gabriel's Revelation' may alter Jewish, Christian concepts of interrelationships
2008-07-06
Peres: Peace with Palestinians not possible
2008-07-04—Few parallels between U.S. operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel-Palestine
2008-07-01Israel's painful deal with Hizbollah
2008-06-26
Olmert, every crafty, may survive again
2008-06-23
Possible attack on Iran, negotiating for hostages prompt many ethical questions
2008-06-20—Wars among the Jews heat up in Israel
2008-06-19Skepticism over Israel-Hamas ceasefire
2008-06-15—The political math of a Gaza invasion
2008-06-10—Middle East theme song: Send in the Clowns?
2008-06-08
Hamas acknowledges its responsibility for rocket attacks that killed 26 Israelis
2008-06-06
Weighing Obama and McCain from an Israeli perspective, each has drawbacks
2008-06-02—Ehud Olmert, does clock tick for thee?
2008-05-30Olmert probe may trigger government crisis
2008-05-23Are peace talks Olmert's diversion?
2008-05-18—Retaliation in Gaza may be a matter of political timing after Bush, Pelosi visits
2008-05-14—Intolerable situation on the Gaza border
2008-05-11—Olmert inquiry focuses on dealings with American fundraiser Moshe Talansky
2008-05-05—Independence Week brings its tensions
2008-04-28—Palestinian choice: delusions or own state
2008-04-27—Political smoke in the Israeli winds
2008-04-22—Clarity is a casualty of Mideast conflict
2008-04-17—Notes from ever-changing Haggadot
2008-04-13—Should Palestinians be rewarded for seven years of violence and intransigence?
2008-04-08Ultra-Orthodox face challenge of policing deviants and miscreants
2008-04-03—Violence, not settlements, blocks peace
2008-03-30Why cynicism abounds in Middle East
2008-03-26U.S. economy, Mideast tensions respond to their own cycles of emotion and excesses
2008-03-21Palestinian-Israeli friction points range from cell phones to the right of return
2008-03-16—Is Mahmoud Abbas 'a Dead Man Walking?'
2008-03-03
Israel's response in Gaza: long in coming
2008-03-02Kicking up a fuss over Jonathan's sexuality
2008-02-27—Gazans' protest on Israel border fizzles
2008-02-24—Shas minister blames quakes on gays
2008-02-20The more Palestinians and Israelis talk, the more a real peace agreement recedes
2008-02-17U.N., Hamas are blaming Israel for Palestinians' self-inflicted problems
2008-02-15— Is terrorist's assassination worth price?
2008-02-12Most Israelis favor strong retaliation against Gaza for rocket attacks
2008-02-07—Why Israel prefers to just muddle through
2008-02-05Palestinians, Labor have penchant for self-inflicted political damage
2008-02-03—Which zealots block Middle East peace?
2008-01-31Winograd report providing grinding surface for many different political axes
2008-01-28—Modern day Isaiahs and Hoseas find plenty in Israel worthy of their denunciations
2008-01-24Yaalon plan ignores Palestinian realities
2008-01-22
—Suffering for its public relations value
2008-01-20
Fatah to end ceasefire. Are they kidding?
2008-01-11
—Baroque music lovers brave Bush security
2008-01-09
—Olmert's 'illegal settlement' problem
2008-01-07Pay no heed to ' junk' on the internet
2008-01-02What about Israeli-on-Israeli violence?

2007
2007-12-30
Palestinians' violence threatens the establishment of their state, not Israel
2007-12-24
An Israeli view of the 'settlements'
2007-12-23Want better health care? Make aliyah!
2007-12-18—The conundrum of the Gaza rockets
2007-12-16
—'Apologies' as presidential campaign tactics
2007-12-12
—Do Jews have a gene for excess conscience?
2007-12-06
—Shock and disbelief in Israel over U.S. latest estimate on Iran's nuclear program
2007-11-29No need to sell his apartment in Jerusalem
2007-11-21—
The pros and cons of Annapolis
2007-11-16
Jewish shtetl mentality is understandable but dangers to Jews often exaggerated
2007-11-12—'Right of return' and 'undivided Jerusalem' jeopardize any bargain at Annapolis
2007-11-08 —U.S. policy-makers have a record of mistakes in U.S.; is Israel next?"
2007-11-04—Olmert's optimism on the eve of the Annapolis conference mystifies 'realists'
2007-11-03—Breakthrough in Annapolis? Don't hold your breath that anything will happen

OCTOBER 2007 AND BEFORE


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