February 28, 2003The Origins of Intifada II and Rescuing Peace for Israelis and Palestinians By Menachem Klein This is a rare "insider's" account and analysis of what went wrong in the Peace Process leading up to its total collapse and to the tragedy we all find ourselves in nowadays. The Origins of Intifada II and Rescuing Peace for Israelis and Palestinians

February 23, 2002 I know I am in favor of deposing Saddam Hussein. I know I don't trust the so-called neoconservative ideologues like Perle, Feith, Wolfowitz, let alone Cheney and Rumsfeld, to accomplish what they so glibly promise -- democraticization of Iraq, destabilizing the other dictatorships and terror-supporting states ni the region, but it surely would be good for the region if that were to happen.

I know I don't want innocent people killed-- but innocent people are being killed daily to maintain the Iraqi tyranny, let alone in dozens of other places around the world, and while putting an end to the Baghdad regime's killing will probably cost innocent lives, it will be a lot fewer than the lives that will be lost if Saddam Hussein does get his hands on a nuclear bomb, or is allowed to blithely continue manufacturing biological and chemical weapons. I know the comparison to Hitler is absurd, cheapening the Holocaust. But I also know that Saddam used chemicals against Iraqi Kurds.

And so on and so forth, I remain undecided about the Iraq war. So, while trying to not think about it in the hope that would lead to some clear thinking about it, I reorganized the Ariga Bookstore. More than 350 books and other items sold through Amazon have been purchased by Ariga visitors. Check out the bookstore shelves, which show how eclectic Ariga vistors can be: Yiddish || Middle East Affairs || Military Affairs || Religion || Hippotherapy || Women's Issues || Pop Culture || Cooking || American Issues || Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers

February 9, 2003 Labor's choice By Robert Rosenberg: 'Even if one artificially isolates the occupation as the main source of the decline in Israeli parliamentary democracy’s vitality, and looks only at the performance of the democracy for the citizens of the state, it is evident that the two major parties, Likud and Labor, have distorted the concept of parliamentary democracy into something almost unrecognizable.' To the full article.

February 2, 2003 February 2, 2003 Links by Janet I. Buck and In Memory of Ilan Ramon, Israel's First Astronaut By Henry B. Stobbs are both about the tragic space shuttle crash, while The Sulha (Sulha: Reconciliation, in Arabic.) By Ada Aharoni is about the process of forgiveness.

The Wise Man and the Fool in which Ariga Contributor Roy Isacowitz considers Amram Mitzna and Arik Sharon through the Shakespearean lens of Will's wise man and fool.

February 1, 2003 Twice I've Met With Ariel Sharon and Each Meeting Was More Fantastic Than the Other (a long title for a short story, with no moral) By Corinna Hasofferett"

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