For the past five years, Israeli Yuval Roth and his organization “On the Road to Recovery,” have been driving sick Palestinians back and forth across the border to Israeli hospitals so that they can get treatment for their illnesses. The West Bank understandably doesn’t have the greatest health care system. Israel does, so if a Palestinian can reach those hospitals, they have a much better chance of surviving:

It’s also expensive to make the trip to Israeli hospitals. Although the Palestinian Authority allows sick children and adults to leave the West Bank for treatment, Palestinians are not allowed to drive past the checkpoints. To get to Israeli hospitals, they’d have to take a taxi, which would cost at least $90 each way.

Fortunately, there is Roth and his organization, Derech Hachlama (“On the Road to Recovery”).| MORE ›

I thought there a lot of good in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress today. It very effectively presented Israeli as very generous while also being strong. But I thought that one of the requirements for peace that Netanyahu presented was rather peculiar: that Israel is it have a presence along the Jordan River.| MORE ›

This is how Middle Easterners should deal with organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas.

Residents of a southern Lebanon village evicted a number of Hezbollah operatives who sought to establish positions and store arms in the town.| MORE ›

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu – notorious right winger - said this weekend that he is ready for immediate peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The latter, on the other hand, already said he sees no reason to accept the invitation.

“I call again on the Palestinian leadership in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank], to the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, let us meet.| MORE ›

Today, elections will be held in Lebanon. It are exciting elections, alright. Moderates against Islamists. Pragmatic democrats against the Islamist Hezbollah group. Whomever wins, will determine the direction of the country for years to come.

We in the West can only hope that Hezbollah will not be victorious.| MORE ›

Likud is not happy with American president Barack Obama. Likud MK’s (Members of Knesset) said they believe he is meddlng in Israeli politics by, among others, trying to get Kadiima to join the government coalition and perhaps even blow it up.| MORE ›

This article on China and Russia by Professor Barry Rubin, is the most interesting analysis of international politics I’ve read this week:

China is very much motivated toward development rather than ideology or geopolitical ambition. It wants to get along with everyone as much as possible and make lots of money.| MORE ›

Jordan is once again proving why people like your’s truly are right when they say that the Palestinian people are treated worst not by Israel, but by fellow Arabs.

The Kingdom of Jordan has now started stripping Palestinians living in Jordan of their Jordanian nationality.| MORE ›

Caroline Glick:

From an Israeli perspective, Pres. Barack Obama’s speech today in Cairo was deeply disturbing.| MORE ›

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the far-right politician, on Sunday ruled out a Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 borders, saying this would not end the Palestinians – Israel conflict.

“A return to the borders of ’67 today, as we are being pressured to do, would not end the conflict, would not guarantee peace or security,” Lieberman told reporters ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting.| MORE ›