JPost.com - Kenneth Bandler Reporter

On my Mind: The Syrian morass

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:38:48 GMT

Security Council impotence has been the standard for the Syria crisis. Previous appeals from the UN’s own humanitarian agencies have been ignored.

On My Mind: Nuclear crossroads

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:24:40 GMT

The former Soviet republic voluntarily gave up its nuclear arsenal 20 years ago, soon after the Soviet Union collapsed.

On My Mind: Syria’s children

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:43:51 GMT

The international community has been sorely divided and incapable of assisting the people of Syria in an organized, helpful way.

On my mind: Iran empowered

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:03:23 GMT

The International Olympic Committee’s decision to drop wrestling from the quadrennial games marks a rare defeat for Iran.

On My Mind: Tackling Israeli-Arab education

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:45:33 GMT

Israeli Arabs currently account for only 12 percent of students pursuing undergraduate degrees in Israel.

On My Mind: Peace expectations

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:45:53 GMT

Obama’s visit can potentially lead to a renewed peace effort, but only if Abbas, the recognized Palestinian leader, is willing to engage it.

On My Mind: Syria’s body count

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:45:45 GMT

Assad’s defiance guarantees that the war his regime initiated will go on and the recorded death toll will rapidly rise beyond the 60,000 figure.

On My Mind: Arab voters

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:44:53 GMT

Sixty-four percent of Arab voters cited socioeconomic issues, such as education, unemployment, poverty and crime, as their top concerns.

On My Mind: Palestine’s Turkish agent

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:19:13 GMT

Turkey’s posturing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become so ardent that 'The New York Times,' in a recent editorial mistakenly called Turkey an Arab country.

On My Mind: Abbas’s choice

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:03:17 GMT

Abbas still has an opportunity to save the peace process. He can lead the many Palestinians who truly aspire, for themselves and their families, to achieve peace with Israel.

On My Mind: Forgotten Syria

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:37:58 GMT

Syria risks further mayhem and needless suffering, as well as more violent spillover into Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, and now Israel.

On My Mind: Qatar’s Gaza gambit

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:30:27 GMT

Qatar has sought to take advantage of shifting political winds, repercussions of the so-called Arab Spring, to use its vast financial resources to extend its regional influence.

On My Mind: Electric cars

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:33:25 GMT

American consumers and, importantly, the automotive giants prefer the gas-powered vehicles.

On My Mind: Peace journey

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:37:57 GMT

Perhaps serious challenges within Palestinian society are the biggest obstacles to furthering peace.

On My Mind: Iran won’t be ignored

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 22:48:34 GMT

Many nations are not paying full attention to the imminent dangers that Iran’s nuclear program entails.

On My Mind: Arabic website changing perceptions on Jews

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:57:56 GMT

Ephraim Gabbai is passionate about maintaining the culture and traditions of Jews from Arab countries.

Arabic website changing perceptions about Jews and Judaism

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:40:42 GMT

On my mind: Gabbai is passionate about maintaining the culture and traditions of Jews from Arab countries.

On My Mind: Tehran’s global diplomacy

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:16:34 GMT

Iran’s president did not attend the Olympic Games in London. The UK has a “problem with my presence,” he said.

On My Mind: Ramadan in Syria

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:46:29 GMT

The ferocity of the assaults and the fatalities rose substantially after Annan pronounced that Assad had agreed to pull back his forces.

On My Mind: Boosting Arab employment

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:01:26 GMT

How to improve the economic conditions of minority populations is a challenge for any democracy.

Bilingual education strengthens Jewish-Arab relations

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:11:55 GMT

On My Mind: Neveh Shalom was not the first institution of Arab-Jewish cooperation in Israel to suffer an attack this year.

On My Mind: Syrian conflict wordsmiths

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:48:27 GMT

International inaction on Syria has descended to a previously unimaginable low.

On My Mind: Dangerous impasses

Mon, 28 May 2012 22:32:44 GMT

The status quo in Iran and Syria is unacceptable and poses security threats beyond their respective borders.

On My Mind: Israel’s Jewish visitors

Mon, 14 May 2012 22:19:22 GMT

Shouldn’t Jews in the US find ways to connect, most dramatically by spending time in Israel?

On My Mind: 'Kinderblock Survivors'

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:56:29 GMT

The idea for the film "Kinderblock 66" came during a sudden trip to Buchenwald in 2009.

On My Mind: Bahrain’s Arab Spring

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:48:37 GMT

For now, compared to what has transpired in other Arab countries, there is reason to be hopeful for Bahrain.

On My Mind: Remembering Anthony Shadid

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:21:50 GMT

Reporters are driven by a desire to get to the heart of the stories with clarity and honesty.

On My Mind: Syria's future in Russia's hands

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:03:19 GMT

It turns out Moscow, as well as Beijing, was playing same game as Assad, ignoring the will of the int'l community to resolve the Syrian crisis.

On My Mind: Hamas’s victory tour

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:34:24 GMT

With Haniyeh’s current trip Abbas is no longer the exclusive Palestinian leader traversing the globe.

On My Mind: Syrians await global action

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:32:08 GMT

Ironically, Assad's claim to Barbara Walters that he is not crazy would appear to be correct.

On My Mind: Employing Israeli Arabs

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:02:41 GMT

American Jews should know more about the challenges and opportunities Arabs face in the Israeli workforce.

On My Mind: Two states for a sustainable peace

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:57:59 GMT

The basic obstacle to Israel-Palestinian peace hasn’t changed in 64 years - Palestinian rejectionism.

On My Mind: Eyeing the Jewish vote

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:12:23 GMT

Losing the ninth district to a Republican certainly hurt President Obama, but the heavily Orthodox district is hardly a benchmark for the way American Jews vote.

On My Mind: Ignoring Hamas impedes peace

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:45:37 GMT

Rather than deal with troubling Palestinian realities, world leaders seem to pay attention to Gaza only when there is a confrontation involving Israel.

On my mind: Ahmadinejad’s September ritual

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:01:07 GMT

As Egypt and others look inward to focus on developing new governments, the ever-present Iranian threat has become a less urgent priority.

On My Mind: American Jews and Israeli Arabs

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:25:54 GMT

We need to show more interest in Israel’s biggest minority.

On My Mind: Why Assad’s reign of terror continues

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:14:54 GMT

Syrian protesters deserve wider and more vocal international support

Confronting the terror trio

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:21:05 GMT

The Assad regime’s survival is a death sentence for the Syrian people and should raise alarm bells in every UN Security Council member state.

Making the refugees priority No. 1

Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:51 GMT

Abbas has perfected the art of complaining, yet has not presented a vision for solving the refugee dilemma, one that would address legitimate Palestinian needs and Israeli concerns.

On My Mind: Preparing for the tsunami

Tue, 03 May 2011 23:10:59 GMT

Unlike military battles, Israelis cannot confront the delegitizimation campaigns alone. Israel and the Diaspora must work together.

On My Mind: Redeeming the fourth matza of hope

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:43:46 GMT

More than 2 decades after the liberation of Soviet Jewry it’s worth examining how hundreds of thousands of Jews from the FSU have fared in America.

On my mind: Palestinian obstacles to statehood

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:31:05 GMT

With an Islamist regime allied with Iran in Gaza, and a Western-oriented government in the West Bank, reconciling the pieces is a challenge.

On My Mind: Building nuclear bombs amid Arab turmoil

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:51:36 GMT

As US, Europe assess, respond to political quakes in key countries, they shouldn't lose sight of repercussions of an atomic breakthrough.

On My Mind: Population swap conundrum

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:11:06 GMT

26 years ago, American Jewish organizations galvanized in response to Knesset member elected on platform to push Arabs out.

The Hamas image makeover lacks substance

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:27:06 GMT

The core goal of Israel’s destruction remains intact; for Hamas and like-minded groups “resistance” is a synonym for violence.

Thank you, President Ahmadinejad

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:13:47 GMT

The Iranian presidents’s use of a beleaguered Lebanon as the platform to berate Israel should worry Western governments as much as Iran’s nuclear program.

An Israeli Arab intifada?

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:46:02 GMT

Building healthy Jewish-Arab relations is essential to strengthening Israel’s democratic society.

A lesson from the Iranian play book

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:39:13 GMT

For years, Ahmadinejad has demonstrated how defiance can win points in the international arena – and the Palestinians are adopting this approach.