Random Thoughts

Alan Edelstein made Aliyah in 2011 and lives in Jerusalem. He was the founding partner of a well-respected California government affairs firm and was involved in California government and politics as a lobbyist and consultant for 30 years. He blogs at www.edelsteinrandomthoughts.com. He can be reached at edelsteinstrategies@gmail.com

Monday, October 13, 2025

War and peace

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 (Originally published in The Times of Israel) I spent the morning with hundreds of others at the hostage tent on Aza Street near the Prime ...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

The deal and its prospects

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( Originally published in The Times of Israel) My reaction to the Trump-Witkoff-Blair-Kushner Gaza peace plan:  A huge feeling of relief and...
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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Blame and responsibility and what to do

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 (Originally published in The Times of Israel) It seems appropriate to be writing this on Tisha B’Av.   We are not at a point equivalent to ...
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Saturday, July 12, 2025

Genocide?

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(Originally published in The Times of Israel)   I wrote this on January 22, 2024: ‘Jew-haters aiming to eliminate Israel very deliberately d...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Democrats, Trump, and the bomb

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 (Originally published in The Times of Israel) Predictably, and sadly, partisan posturing did not abate even when it came to something as se...
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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Stating the obvious

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(Originally published in The Times of Israel) Given many of the reactions from politicians, commentators, and other members of the media to ...
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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Will fear prevail?

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(Originally published in The Times of Israel) American Jews have adapted to—pretty much to the point of resignation and acting like its “nor...
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