Tag Archives: Menachem Begin

camp david: spurning divine gifts…

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Dave

Camp David Peace Accords. Almost all concessions were unnecessary. Begin could have walked away with a treaty without making any substantial concessions. Is this mere conjecture? Not at all, because on one of the most sensitive points of the negotiations, … Continue reading →

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camp david and the sinai campfire tapes

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Dave

The Camp David accords and the Israeli tendency towards concessions, a rather deep-rooted characteristic that harkens back to the Exodus and the time in Sinai…On numerous occasions, rather than expose the charade of the Arab peace effort, Israel has reinforced … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Anwar Sadat, Camp David Peace Accords, Jerusalem violence Jews-Arabs, Joshua and Caleb, Joshua and Caleb spies, Menachem Begin, President Jimmy Carter, Status of Jerusalem | Leave a comment

all eyes on zion…

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dave

…The Israeli Foreign Ministry maintains that the very fact that Anwar Sadat recognized Israel’s right to exist was a major breakthrough. But aside from the question of whether he was sincere or not, that very concept is worthy of question. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Anwar Sadat, Camp David Peace Accords, Dan Goldenblatt, Jimmy Carter israel, Jimmy Carter Palestine Peace not Apartheid, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Menachem Begin, Peter Beinart, Pola Negri, rabbi ovadia yosef, Shas Party Israel, Shelly Yacimovich | Leave a comment

nothing new to report moses

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Dave

Nothing really novel or new in the Israeli attitude. It goes way back. Over three thousand years ago, the returning scouts whom Moses had dispatched to report on the inhabitants of the Promised Land debriefed as follows: “We were like … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ariel Sharon, Giovanni Lanfranco, Joshua and Caleb spies sent by Moses, Lebanon War 1982, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Menachem Begin, Mohammad Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood Egypt, Six Day War Israel | Leave a comment

buy and sell: homecomings and goings

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Livermore was a well known Wall Street stock broker in his time who made fortunes and lost them on a recurrent, even casual basis. His exploits were best documented in Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, from Edwin Lefevre, which … Continue reading →