Syria, Egypt and the entire mess

Its a bit incredible to think that over a thousand people have died in a chemical attack in in Syria yesterday and little has been done about it.
The same can be said for developments in Egypt in the last few weeks.
One clear message can be learned about living in the Middle East and that is that if you are weak you are doomed.
Sad but true

Sad day

A very prominet figure in the Jewish nationlistic world has been convicted of sexual misconduct
Rabbi Moti Elon for the longest time has said he has done nothing wrong and all his hugs and physical contact were always based on fatherly love and not of any sexual nature.
A judge today in Jerusalem today thought otherwise and has convicted Rabbi Elon of severe wrong doing.
His staure and popularity is unprecedented as was his pedigree. His father was a supreme court justice and brother a former memeber of parliment.
His thousands of supporters will be stunned,confused and bewildered as to the ramifications of this horrible episode
It will get worse of course as Rabbi Elon will probably be going to Jail for an extended period
It is hard to put in words the damaging effect all this has done to the image of national religous movement
It is a very sad day indeed.

allegtions about the chief Rabbi of Israel

Freash allegations that Rabbi David Lau the new cheif Rabbi of Israel tried to cheat in a exam for Rabbinacal ordination have come to light.
These allegtions if true will certainly throw the entire Israel Rabbinate into a tizzy after all thought that after the elctions thngs would calm down
As it looks now it is likely that Rabbi lau will be investigated and probably be forced to resign his post just days after taking ir
It will be the second resignation in a month of a Rabbi for allegations of wrong doing

Ho Hum -another peace process

You need to al least appreciate the tenacity and stuborness of the United States.
Nonetheless ...
Never have so few invested so much into so low a chance to achieve. The process here is the main objective, there is no final solution ( no horrible pun intended )
These is not and cannot be a peace treaty at the end of all this
It is a non-starter as there is no place to put 700,000 Jewish settlers and no force that can remove them from there homes
There is no Israeli government that is agreeable to ceding Jerusalem to a foreign power
there is no Arab ( or Palestinian partner ) that will recognize Israel as a Jewish state or agree on less than the 1967 border lines.
So what is going on?
A peace process
Its the process that is important here
Keep talking and not fighting
Sounds great, no?
It will be good until the talks fail
Then all hell will break loose
That is the meaning of a peace process in the middle east
Talk a bit, the war
Then do it all over again
Its getting a bit boring