In Israel, the arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish on charges of spying for Israel is being seen as an attempt to discover the identity of an alleged Israeli “super mole” who operated during the Jonathan Pollard years.
Russia is seeking a greater role in Middle East peacemaking, as a recent visit to Moscow by the Palestinian Authority president makes clear. But Israel isn’t interested in abandoning its main ally, the United States, as Mideast mediator.
In his new and often hilarious memoir, “Shut Up I’m Talking,” Gregory Levey, a former speech writer for Israel’s U.N. mission, paints a rich portrait of a diplomatic effort so ferociously inept that no one should ever again wonder why Israel seems incapab
