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The surprise of it all
Originally published 10 Feb 2010 in The Jerusalem Post

The world’s astonishment at Israel’s response to the Haiti disaster is insulting. What we saw there was Israel’s true face.

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Hi-tech prospects and pitfalls
Originally published 10 Jan 2010 in The Jerusalem Post

Individual initiative and freedom are essential for creativity—in hi-tech as in all other spheres.

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A woman who knew her worth
Originally published 14 Oct 2009 in The Jerusalem Post

As far as Rose Friedman was concerned, public kudos did not matter that much. She persisted in being a rose, no matter what.

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Movies in Nablus, dramas in Bethlehem
Originally published 22 Sep 2009 in The Jerusalem Post

Lasting peace must grow from the bottom up, from an “economic peace process” that proves what advantages peace has to offer on a daily basis. It cannot come from signing peace agreements with radical and corrupt entities propped up by corrupting Western handouts.

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Israel’s ‘scrambled’ economic system
Originally published 15 Aug 2009 in The Jerusalem Post

A courageous recent film has exposes the strong connection between Israeli oligarchs and bureaucrats. Unfortunately however the film’s simplistic pseudo-Marxist treatment is more misleading than revealing.

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