Mystical Politics

More evidence that Hizbollah is deliberately placing its missile launchers in residential areas - Photos that damn Hezbollah .

For some fascinating analysis of the internal Lebanese situation, see Lebanese Political Journal . Lebanon Profile's postings are helpfu...

Another report on a Lebanese town that Hizbollah is trying to hold hostage - a Druse town named Mari not far from the Israeli town of Metul...

It's becoming clear that one reason so many innocent Lebanese civilians are being killed by Israeli bombs and missiles is that Hizbollah...

I lived in Seattle from 1979-1981. It was there that I began to take part in Jewish community life again, after losing much of my connection...

Two brothers, three and nine years old, were killed Wednesday afternoon when a Katyusha barrage hit the town of Nazareth. The rockets pumme...

What is "peace"? ************************************************************ ITHACA WAR AND PEACE REPORT ***********************...

In a location I recently visited in Jerusalem, police foil a terror attack . A great disaster was avoided Monday in Jerusalem, when an explo...

As usual, French President Jacques Chirac takes his usual evenhanded line - Israel 'wants to destroy Lebanon' . He also claims to s...

In the middle of the rotten new s from Israel and Lebanon: more Katyushas landing in northern Israel - a residential building hit in Safed,...

When I left Jerusalem on very early Monday morning, there was a full moon - I captured a photo of it over one of the buildings in my apartme...

For updates on what's happening in Israel, see Jameel at The Muqata (this is obviously a pseudonym!). He's been keeping pretty good...

I'm finding it truly bizarre that two days after I leave Israel, where it was not exactly peaceful but on the other hand there was not a...

Yesterday I took some photos of a path I very frequently walk - along Emek Refaim St. towards the apartment where I'm staying. Some imag...

I've been in Israel since June 8, but obviously have not been posting to the blog, undecided whether in fact I wanted to continue writin...

I'm off on another trip, this time to Istanbul, Turkey. I'm with a group studying Ottoman history, but we're really looking at s...

While wandering around the blogosphere, I've found some interesting blogs recently, including Emes Ve-Emunah , written by Harry Maryles ...

But is there actually a figure in Iran's government named Mostafa Pourhardani , as Jim Henley of Unqualified Offerings asks? A quick da...

An interesting response from Taheri, but without enough details to satisfy me. Regarding the dress code story it seems that my column was u...

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has started a blog about Darfur and other crimes against humanity. Their Committee on Conscience also ha...