Steve Kramer Blog 3/12/24 – Blame Hamas!
Blame Hamas! Does it seem that the “whole world” is castigating Israel for defending itself from the Hamas Muslim jihadists […]
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Blame Hamas! Does it seem that the “whole world” is castigating Israel for defending itself from the Hamas Muslim jihadists […]
“Escape” to Tel Aviv Soon Israel will be warring with Hamas (and Hezbollah) for the fifth month! Although superficially Israelis […]
How Israel is vilified President Biden, a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” insists that Hamas must be […]
UNWRA must be revoked! I’ve written about the execrable United Nations numerous times, including the United Nations Relief and Works […]
“Escape to Eilat” All of you are quite aware of the travail Israel is dealing with at this time. With […]
A war to the finish “The central goal of the war for Israel should be that upon its conclusion, a […]
The tenor of Israel’s youth For the last five years I’ve enjoyed volunteering for conversational English with students at […]
Israel’s current objectives in Gaza In the months before October 7, Israel was severely wracked by huge protests against changes […]
Information You Might Need To Defend Israel During the past weeks since the October 7 massacre of Israelis, the world […]
What next for Lebanon and Israel? “What to see in Beirut, the Paris of the Middle East” is actually the […]
Steve Kramer In this time of strife, Israel’s new National Library opens “Under the shadow of the horrors of October […]
How we are doing? My friend Jeff, whom I’ve been friends with since at least kindergarten asked, “How are you […]
What if New Jersey were Israel? All my readers know that Israel is undergoing a major assault, which in its […]
Whose agenda? We all have, or should have, concern about the prevalence of Jew-hatred on American college campuses. Previously it […]
Gaza: The Hellhole More than a week has gone by since the infamous sneak attack by Hamas terrorists from Gaza […]
Gathering our forces Many times Israel has “won” in Gaza and then soon found itself fighting Hamas again. Deterrence and […]
The Day After Let me say ahead of my remarks that Michal and I are fine at this time. We’ve […]
Succot adventure in Jerusalem Michal and I rarely travel during the holidays of Succot and Passover because of overcrowding on […]
Time for reflection in Israel (& the US too) We’ve just celebrated Rosh Hashanah here in Israel. For the next year, […]
Escaping humidity in Jerusalem It’s summer in Israel and that means hot, sunny, and no chance of rain. So you […]
Hidden Heroes – the Refuseniks Earlier this year I met Pamela Braun Cohen (Pam) who told me that she had […]
Israel’s pot is simmering Israel’s Knesset is on its summer recess and won’t reconvene until after the Jewish holidays in […]
Trouble in Israel I am writing this on the eve of Tisha B’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. […]
Summertime films in Jerusalem Michal and I recently returned from a mini-vacation in Jerusalem, which featured the annual Jerusalem Film […]
We Jews are Expendable We Jews have always been expendable. From at least the days of the Greeks and Romans, […]
“Good for the Gander” Some of my readers are no doubt upset by Jewish Israelis’ recent attacks on Palestinian villages. […]
Springtime is great for touring Israel Michal and I have been traveling through Israel while enjoying this spring’s excellent weather. […]
On the trail of the Sanhedrin Michal and I had a wonderful tour in the beautiful Lower Galilee recently with […]
The strategic city of Ma’aleh Adumim Ma’aleh Adumim is a small city in the Judean desert on the outskirts of […]
Time for Reflection If you ever wondered how the US would react should another Nazi Germany threaten the democratic world, […]
Israel’s reaction to Iran’s plan to destroy the Jewish State Israel is currently in an interim period of religious and […]
Surmountable Challenges Israel’s political, social, and military prospects have all taken a hit this year following the installation of the […]
Should Israel’s top judges be ideologically aligned? In a speech on the evening of March 23, 2023, after mass disruptions […]
Four Days in Tel Aviv Michal and I recently had a novel trip to one of the world’s liveliest cities […]
E1 Development and Jewish Grit Israel achieved democracy the hard way. A precursor was that one-third of all Jews were […]
Victory Not Stalemate Israel has not achieved a clear cut victory over its existential antagonist, the Palestinian Arabs. That’s right, […]
Israel, a Democracy There’s way too much hysteria from the left wing over proposed legislation in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. […]
Holier to Whom: the Temple Mount On January 3, Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir took a 13-minute walk in Jerusalem’s Old […]
Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Israeli Government Now is not the beginning of the end of Israeli democracy, as […]
Defrocking the New York Times Why “defrocking,” a term usually used in the ecclesiastical sense? Well, The New York Times […]
Hanukah – An Overview Hanukah starts on Sunday night, December 18. Hanukah is usually celebrated during the “Christmas season.” This […]
Reforming Israel’s Supreme Court A new coalition to govern Israel will emerge in December. There’s been a hue and cry […]
Jew-hatred burgeons in the US Although it’s 55 years since I graduated from college, I still fondly remember my student […]
Judaism v Capitulation Judaism v democracy in the State of Israel, is a subject that many American Jews have been […]
US Fumbles Israel’s Marine Border Negotiations with Lebanon Israel and Lebanon have no diplomatic relations, despite sharing a border. Each […]
The Syrian-born Jew Who Built a Banking Empire I received a pre-publication copy for review of A Banker’s Journey: How […]
Five Elections and a Funeral Michal and I were recently touring through Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales, but not Northern […]
Iran’s Coming Windfall For more than a decade, I have written many articles decrying the Western powers’ fecklessness in confronting […]
An Overnight in Jerusalem Michal and I had planned an overnight in Jerusalem with friends from New York. With the […]
Sustainability in Israel Colleges began offering “majors” and “minors” in sustainability in the first decade of the 21st century. Sustainability […]
The Palestinian Arabs False Impression of Zionism Following is my summary of an excellent lecture by Haviv Rettig Gur, a […]
A Presidential Visit to Israel President Biden’s recent visit here in Israel was hardly extraordinary. President Nixon visited in 1974, […]
Poor Little “Palestine” The Palestinian Arabs resent the fact that the Saudis and other Gulf Arabs are becoming much closer […]
Touring Israeli Historical Places with ESRA Michal and I recently enjoyed a day trip organized by ESRA, the English Speaking […]
Flourishing Israel Israel’s significance as a Middle Eastern powerhouse has reached new levels with the help of two seminal events: […]
Jerusalem – in whose hands is it? On Sunday, May 29, 2022, Israel commemorated Jerusalem Day, marking 55 years since […]
Forget the Two State Solution Already! On May 18, the Jerusalem Post published an editorial entitled “Israel cannot abandon the […]
Run-up to Israel’s Independence Day Israel recently commemorated its 74th year of independence, preceded by the memorial day for military […]
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the epicenter of violence by Steve Kramer There’s been a lot of mayhem lately at the Temple […]
Israel through a tourist’s eyes by Steve Kramer We recently spent an enjoyable time with Michal’s classmate from ACHS […]
Whither the United States in the Middle East – and Israel? In the period following WW2 the US became the […]
Two Peoples, Two Problems for Israel by Steve Kramer Israel is faced by two dangerous peoples, each presenting Israelis with […]
Amnesty International’s “1948 Project” Amnesty International (AI), an NGO (non-governmental organization) which mimics the United Nations by spending an inordinate […]
Follow the Salad Trail in the Negev Desert As you know, Israel is a very small country in area, roughly […]
The US and the West Fund the Jihadists. Really? The West abhors terror attacks for good reason, whether in their […]
The West Dances to Iran’s Tune Iran has requested a new pause in the talks in Vienna, negotiations which purportedly […]
The Kinneret, aka the Sea of Galilee, Beckons Like in many countries, Israel’s tourism business has dropped dramatically. In fact, […]
Can You Trust What You See? Do you believe me or your lying eyes? That’s a relevant question when it […]
US Orders Israel to Desist The United States, France, Germany, the UK, the EU, Russia, and China are about to […]
Finally, a Government A friend in the US recently asked me what I thought about Israel’s new government. My reply: […]
A Problem of Homicides Yes, there’s gang violence in Israel, but not nearly on the scale of American gang violence. […]
Northern Getaway If you were going away by car for a few days, could you have lunch at a 2,000 […]
Succot Travels in Samaria With a number of fellow members of Hod Ve Hadar, the Masorti (Conservative in the US) […]
How Safe Do You Feel? Do you worry that Jew-hatred might affect your comfortable American life? Do you think that […]
Iran’s Strategy Works by Steve Kramer While the US and the Europeans dawdle and vacillate at the JCPOA (Iran Agreement) […]
Whither Jewish Identity 5782 by Steve Kramer Do you believe that our universe, and all other possible universes, was created […]
Stop Accommodating the Totalitarians by Steve Kramer I believe that Western governments’ strategy of restraint and “fairness” when dealing with […]
Israel Goes It Alone by Steve Kramer Can Israel rely on any other country to support it when it’s critically […]
Might Iran Implode? by Steve Kramer Iran has never caused more trouble than it does today. It has successfully completed […]
Two Burning Questions About Israel by Steve Kramer There are many “important” discussions going on in the Western world, such […]
Jew-hatred Now Acceptable in the US by Steve Kramer Recently, Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of […]
The wolves are circling around Netanyahu An old saying is that politicians are like fish: the longer they hang around, […]
Israel’s 36th Government in 73 years – What’s Next? by Steve Kramer Now that the Lapid-Bennett government (aka Change government) […]
Quickie Vacation – Ashdod and the Weizmann House by Steve Kramer When one needs a specialized test in Israel, which […]
Upheaval in Israel’s Government by Steve Kramer A new governing coalition has been formed by Ya’ir Lapid, whose centrist […]
The West’s Fantasy about Peace with Jihadists by Steve Kramer In 2020 the Trump administration decoupled the Palestinian Authority (PA) […]
Not Enough Dead Jews by Steve Kramer Israel’s battle with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza exceeds one week. It […]
Ethnoreligious War in Gaza and Israel by Steve Kramer Here is my latest update about Operation Guardian of the Wall. […]
Israel v Hamas – Again by Steve Kramer Here’s a quick response to those of you who are concerned about […]
Will Israel Go to a 5th Election? by Steve Kramer Israel has held four elections in the last two years. […]
Iran Hangs Tough (on Conforming to JCPOA) by Steve Kramer One of the important points that candidate Joe Biden emphasized […]
The Taming of the Jew by Steve Kramer Happy Passover to all my readers celebrating this wonderful holiday! Tuvia Tenenbom […]
Is This a Joke (Iran)? A Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew enter a bar. The bartender asks, “Is this […]
The Street of the Prophets Israel is coming back to life slowly. (Unfortunately this doesn’t pertain to air travel, which […]
The Iranian JCPOA Conundrum by Steve Kramer President Biden’s administration is zealously dissociating itself from Trump’s agenda and accomplishments. One […]
The Media Is Not Trusted According to the respected yearly survey of mass media reliability available at edelman.com, the majority of […]
Israel is Not an Apartheid State by Steve Kramer B’Tselem, which is an anti-Israel, Israeli organization dedicated to erasing Israel […]
Don’t Cry for the Poor Palestinians by Steve Kramer Once again Israel is being asked questions about its decisions that […]
Israel’s Rapid Fire 4th Election by Steve Kramer Israel has just announced its fourth election in two years, following three […]
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Light the Menorah by Steve Kramer We just received a note from a dear friend and longtime reader. […]