JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — December 26, 2021 — One morning this week, I went to run some errands near my home in the Judean mountains. In addition to being cold out, there have been an increased number of security/terrorist incidents around Israel in recent weeks, leaving several dead and injured, Israelis edgy and on guard, and many more soldiers on duty guarding …
By Jonathan Feldstein
Rand Paul’s Very Bad Optics
By Jonathan Feldstein
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — December 19, 2021 — This week, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul blocked what would have otherwise been unanimous passage of the Iron Dome funding bill, HR5323, providing Israel with $1 billion to replenish its Iron Dome system following the war Israel endured with Palestinian Arab terrorists in Gaza this past May. During the eleven-day barrage, Hamas and other Palestinian …
By Jonathan Feldstein
Ilhan Omar’s Backpack
By Jonathan Feldstein
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — December 2, 2021 — Recent reports have slammed Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert for comments that were offensive to her colleague, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Boebert shared a security-related incident in the US Capitol, quipping that she saw Congresswoman Omar, noticed she didn’t have a backpack, so everything would be fine. Since her comment, Congresswoman Boebert has been …
By Jonathan Feldstein
Kamala’s Hillary Moment
By Jonathan Feldstein
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — September 30, 2021 — I followed reports of Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent exchange with a student at George Mason University with great interest, and dismay. In many ways, she reminded me of an incident with Hilary Clinton, not in a good way. Kamala addressed students at George Mason to mark National Voter Registration Day. Following her remarks, …
By Jonathan Feldstein
They Love Us, They Love Us Not
By Jonathan Feldstein
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — August 17, 2021 — In recent years, I have been uplifted by a relationship with a young Polish man from the town where my grandmother was born, and from which, thankfully, she fled. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here to write this. “P” is bright, energetic, and passionately committed to documenting even minor details of the existence of …
By Jonathan Feldstein
Sending Warm Greetings and Keeping Israeli Soldiers CooL
By Jonathan Feldstein
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — August 9, 2021 — I was reminded of a great personal story as I drove my son back to his army base this past week. It was also an incredible parental teaching moment from 15 years ago this week. In 2006, Israel fought a war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. The war lasted over a month. Nearly 200 Israelis …
By Jonathan Feldstein
The Battle of Entebbe
By Jonathan Feldstein
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — June 30, 2021 — As a dual American and an Israeli, July 4 has always had a dual special meaning. That is, since 1976, America’s bicentennial. Like many American children, the year leading up to and during the bicentennial was a period of sharing national pride in all that America stood for, and its history. Growing up …
By Jonathan Feldstein
Israeli Arabs Are the Big Winners in Israel’s Election
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — March 25, 2021 — With most of the votes counted and no decisive outcome as far as who the next Prime Minister will be, or if Israel will be headed to an unprecedented fifth national election in less than three years, one thing is clear, the big winners in Israel’s national election this week were Israeli Arabs. …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
It’s the Coalition, Stupid
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — February 5, 2021 — Among the well-known themes in modern US Presidential campaigns, many remember a guiding principle and mantra of Bill Clinton’s 1992 successful campaign defeating then incumbent President George Bush Sr., “It’s the economy, stupid.” The message was clear, that the economy was a pillar of the campaign and not to get distracted by tangential …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
The Faces of Forgiveness In the Wake of Terror
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — December 16, 2020 — Ten years ago, two Palestinian Arabs lay in prey on a pristine hiking trail in the slopes of the Judean mountains outside Jerusalem. Unlike terrorists who blow up buses, cafes, or attack civilians on the street, these men waited for their victims to come to them, knowing that on the beautiful sunny Shabbat …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN