Yedidya Schwartz
Yedidya Schwartz
Recent Stories
Schwartz: Sabotaging the secular state
A case now standing before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom bears with it the future of Britain’s relationship with its Jewish community, and the court has no attractive options
In Sderot, terrorism the rule, not the exception
As members of a free society committed to bettering quality of life in all corners of the globe, it behooves us to take this time to reflect on the blessings of a normal life, and to try to imagine the alternatives.
At Annapolis peace conference, an empty gesture
So many similar summits have gone nowhere throughout the past several years of struggle that they are beginning to look like a-dime-a-dozen. Who now remembers the Red Sea Summit in June 2003, or the bravery in the meeting at Petra in June 2006 between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas? To the most cynical, yesterday’s conference seems like a sad attempt at a last hurrah by the Bush administration as it limps out of office with its less-than-ideal approval