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

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Red alerts and clown noses: Purim under fire

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 (Originally published in The Times of Israel) It has been quite a Shushan Purim in Jerusalem. We were awaken to a tzeva adom (a red alert) ...
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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Mamdani and those little town blues

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(Originally published in The Times of Israel)  “I stand by Italian-Americans.  I stand against anti-Italian-American statements and actions....
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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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