Ariga: Today's Situation, 2005

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December 2005

Polls and pols, Friday, December 16, 2005
Big and small bangs, Thursday, December 15, 2005
The elections factor, Wednesday, December 14, 2005
The routine suspects, Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Through a window, darkly, Monday, December 12, 2005

Nazis then and now, Friday, December 09, 2005
Same old, same old, Thursday, December 08, 2005
Every man for himself, Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Terror through the electoral prism, Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Iranian nuclear plans, Islamic Jihad perpetrators, Monday, December 05, 2005

Pulling at polls, Friday, December 02, 2005
Peres and Peretz, Thursday, December 01, 2005

November 2005

Shifting loyalties, Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Rumbles in the jungle, Tuesday, November 29, 2005 Thursday, May 26, 2005
The Peres quandary, Monday, November 28, 2005

Northern exposure, centrist worries, Friday, November 25, 2005
Campaign propaganda, Thursday, November 24, 2005
Campaign swings, Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Aftershock, Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Left, Center, Right, Monday, November 21, 2005

As Sharon decides, Friday, November 18, 2005
The election spinning begins, Thursday, November 17, 2005
Likud unity? Wednesday, November 16, 2005
'A big step forward,' Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Rice visits, Monday, November 14, 2005
The Peretz shock wave, Friday, November 11, 2005
A generational change, Thursday, November 10, 2005
Labor chooses, Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Elections in the air, Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Political tizzies, Monday, November 07, 2005
The Rabin legacy, Friday, November 04, 2005
The tenth anniversary, Thursday, November 03, 2005
More warring, Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Sharon strategy, Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Due to illness, there was no report on October 31.

October 2005
Violence and its threats, Friday, October 28, 2005
The lessons of Hadera, Thursday, October 27, 2005
A flurry of messages, Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Simhat Torah, Tuesday, October 25, 2005
The last holiday of the season, Monday, October 24, 2005
Abbas' day, Assad's night, Friday, October 21, 2005
What to do about Hamas, Thursday, October 20, 2005
Blaming the PA security services, Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Abbas' goal, Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Predictable consequences, Monday, October 17, 2005
Syria's troubles, Friday, October 14, 2005
Yom Kippur 5766, Thursday, October 13, 2005
Soul searching and breast beating, Wednesday, October 12, 2005 (Yom Kippur eve)
Game theory for a breakthrough, Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Hamas and the postponed meeting , Monday, October 10, 2005
Spy games, Friday, October 07, 2005
Neighbors, Thursday, October 06, 2005
The holiday goes on, Wednesday, October 05, 2005
A slight sense of normalcy, Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Sharon's year, Monday, October 03, 2005
September 2005
An election, an anniversary and an investigation, Friday, September 30, 2005
Confusing signals, Thursday, September 29, 2005
The trouble with Sharon's victory, Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Not yet Meretz, Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Middle East democracy in action, Monday, September 26, 2005
The politics of the absurd, Friday, September 23, 2005
Similarities between Israeli and Palestinian politics, Thursday, September 22, 2005
Legal issues, Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Petty politics, Monday, September 19, 2005
A new Sharon, Friday, September 16, 2005
Judicious decisions, Thursday, September 15, 2005
Border controls, Wednesday, September 14, 2005
The first day after, Tuesday, September 13, 2005
An historic mistake, Monday, September 12, 2005
Synagogues and political wills, Friday, September 09, 2005
Assassination theories, Thursday, September 08, 2005
Eyeless in Gaza, Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Humming the melody, Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Symbolic relief, Monday, September 05, 2005
Speculation as news, Friday, September 02, 2005
August 2005
Déjá vu, Netanyahu, Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Hurricane, Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Level headed among the frenzied, Friday, August 26, 2005
Electioneering all around, Thursday, August 25, 2005
Now what? Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Say Sa-Nur, Hear Homesh, Monday, August 22, 2005
The day after disengagement is almost here, Friday, August 19, 2005
Goldstein's wannabes, Thursday, August 18, 2005
Tears and scuffles, Wednesday, August 17, 2005
One glove comes off, Tuesday, August 16, 2005
D-Day, Monday, August 15, 2005
The final countdown, Friday, August 12, 2005
Last minute instructions, Thursday, August 11, 2005
A week to go, Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Post-Netanyahu Politics, Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Netanyahu disengages , Monday, August 08, 2005
Jewish shahid , Friday, August 05, 2005
A fait accompli Thursday, August 04, 2005
Jihad regrets Wednesday, August 03, 2005
The Negev shuffle Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Building up to a showdown Monday, August 01, 2005
— July 2005
For health reasons, my daily report from Israel was temporarily suspended during half of June and all of July 2005. Just my luck I needed major surgery while the disengagement got underway. But in mid-July, the state's refusal to give into Gush Emunim's demands inspired me to write 'Last Hurrahs?' on how, since 1967 the religious-nationalist movement stole billions of dollars from the state of Israel, thousands of hectares of land from the Palestinians, and most tragically, stole Judaism and Zionism from the Jews.

June 2005
High alert in Sinai, Friday, June 10, 2005
The disengagement is legal and will be coordinated Thursday, June 09, 2005
Halutz premieres, Wednesday, June 08, 2005
The chaos continues, Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Jerusalem Day, Monday, June 06, 2005
In Sharon's democracy , Friday, June 3, 2003
A Sharon-Abbas meeting is scheduled, Thursday, June 02, 2005
Bogie's last words, Wednesday, June 01, 2005
May 2005
Under U.S. pressure, Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Where's the beef?, Friday, May 27, 2005
Palestinian politicking, Thursday, May 26, 2005
Hopes and expectations, Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Mixed Signals, Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Democracy's tests, Monday, May 23, 2005
Eyeless in Gaza, Friday, May 20, 2005
Nation building, Thursday, May 19, 2005
The shamelessness of it all, Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Trouble for democracy, Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Street protests, Monday, May 16, 2005
Zero alerts, Friday, May 13, 2005
An Independence Day alert, Thursday, May 12, 2005
The sirens within, Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Memorial Day Eve, Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Legal affairs, Monday, May 09, 2005
The dangers of prognostication, Friday, May 06, 2005
Holocaust Day , Thursday, May 05, 2005
The Netanyahu shuffle, Wednesday, May 04, 2005
The ambiguities of disengagement, Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Due to May Day, there was no Ariga report on May 2

April 2005
Putin in Palestine, Friday, April 29, 2005
The Putin mystery, Thursday, April 28, 2005
Putin arrives, Wednesday, April 27, 2005
A coincidental end to two eras,Tuesday, April 26, 2005
The spirit of the sabra, Monday, April 25, 2005
Talking about talking, Friday, April 22, 2005
Sharon's outlook , Thursday, April 21, 2005
Abbas tries speaking to the Israelis Tuesday, April 19, 2005
The disorderly disengagement, Tuesday, April 19, 2005
God, or Bush, willing, Monday, April 18, 2005
What next?, Friday, April 15, 2005
Ayatollahs and the bomb , Thursday, April 14, 2005
Civil skirmishing , Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Summing up the summit, Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Two ranchers in Texas, Monday, April 11, 2005
The coordination conundrum, Friday, April 08, 2005
Fake bombs in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 07, 2005
Pre-summit spinning Wednesday, April 06, 2005
A divided people, Tuesday, April 05, 2005
The quiet evacuation, Monday, April 04, 2005
Self-fulfilling prophecies, Friday, April 01, 2005
March 2005
Core issues, Thursday, March 31, 2005
Sharon's payoff, Wednesday, March 30, 2005
The battle will move to the street, Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Easter-Purim weekend
The soul of the Likud, Thursday, March 24, 2005
Can the Center hold?, Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Lose the battle, win the war, Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Domestic concerns, Monday, March 21, 2005
A new word for ceasefire, March 18, 2005
The problems with democracies, Thursday, March 17, 2005
The Jericho handover, Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Bonfire of the vanities, Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Good news, not so good news, Monday, March 14, 2005
Sharon's conversion on the road out of Gaza, Friday, March 11, 2005
Ward and Mubarak step in, Thursday, March 10, 2005
Theater of the absurd, Wednesday, March 09, 2005
The Sasson report is coming, Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Domestic matters, Monday, March 07, 2005
Back to Lebanon, Friday, March 04, 2005
Guest article: Palestinian response to suicide bombings must be tough by Ray Hanania
Tenuous fragility, Thursday, March 03, 2005
Through the prism of disengagement, Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Earthquakes and provocations, Tuesday, March 01, 2005
February 2005
Finger pointing, Monday, February 28, 2005
Like Jekyll and Hyde, Friday, February 25, 2005
The PA gets a new government, Thursday, February 24, 2005
Sky-high expectations, Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Qurei's political maneuvering, Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The beginning of the end of the Six Day War, Monday, February 21, 2005
A long road ahead, Friday, February 18, 2005
Just a typical morning in Israel, proving perhaps, Israsel has too much news, February 17, 2005
An earthquake in the defense establishment, Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Back to uncivil disobedience Tuesday, February 15, 2005
The rules of democracy, Monday, February 14, 2005
Domestic violence, Friday, February 11, 2005
Teething pains, Thursday, February 10, 2005
Some post-summit sour notes, Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Why is this summit different from all other summits?, Tuesday, February 08, 2005
A tricky situation, Monday, February 07, 2005
Routine storms, Friday, February 04, 2005
The summit expands, Thursday, February 03, 2005
The delicate dance goes on, Wednesday, February 02, 2005
The fragility of reason, Tuesday, February 01, 2005
January 2005
Different strokes, Monday, January 31, 2005
The Six Day Change, Friday, January 28, 2005
Sharon is cautiously pleased, Thursday, January 27, 2005
Friction and diplomatic contacts, Wednesday, January 26, 2005
A roadblock in Gaza, Tuesday, January 25, 2005
The chick grew feathers, Monday, January 24, 2005
Very cautious optimism, Friday, January 21, 2005
The delicate waltz, Thursday, January 20, 2005
Promises, Wednesday, January 19, 2005
An inevitable showdown, Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Between a rock and a hard place, Monday, January 17, 2005
A blow to Israel � and Mahmoud Abbas - at Karni, Friday, January 14, 2005
Suddenly, Syria, Thursday, January 13, 2005
Sharon's luck, Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Dawn or darkness , Tuesday, January 11, 2005
The first Arab democracy , Monday, January 10, 2005
Refuseniks and threats of civil war, Friday, January 07, 2005
An historic rabbinical decision Thursday, January 06, 2005
The rabbi and the candidate, the mortars and civil war , Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Civil war threats and responses, Wednesday, January 05, 2005

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