A war for world’s future It is clear to anyone with eyes in their eyes in their head that the battle taking place off the Gaza shore is in fact a clash between an Islamist coalition which Turkey attempts to head – and which includes Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah on one hand – and forces with a liberal Western orientation, represented by...
On Friday, as Americans were heading off for the long Memorial Day holiday, the Obama Administration threw Israel down the well as the U.S. delegation to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Review in New York voted for the conference final document, in which the Arab states demanded–and won–the singling out of Israel. Not Iran. Not North...
Here's my advice on how Israel and the Palestinian Authority should proceed with their so-called "proximity" talks mediated by George Mitchell. Instead of putting the hot-button issue of Jerusalem last on the agenda, the issue should be addressed first. If the Jerusalem question is solved, everything else should fall into place more...
The impact of the New Historians who revised and interpreted anew the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict cannot be exaggerated. Their revision of what they termed the “official” Zionist version of history mixed with post-modernist assumptions (i.e. there is no one version of history) was not confined to intellectual debates within the ivory...
Bipartisan support for Israel has been one of the greatest casualties of US President Barack Obama’s assault on the Jewish state. Today, as Republican support for Israel reaches new heights, support for Israel has become a minority position among Democrats. Consider the numbers. During Operation Cast Lead – 11 days before Obama’s inauguration –...
Like every person who reads the Jewish Forward, I received an email solicitation on April 1, 2010, from Daniel Sokatch, chief executive officer of the New Israel Fund (NIF). If I want to save Israeli democracy from the threat of the ultra-orthodox and the settlers, the solicitation informs me, I should sign an email petition for Prime Minister Netanyahu....
In his press conference last week, Prime Minister Netanyahu lamented that his Turkish counterpart has been attacking Israel since Operation Cast Lead. Actually, Erdogan’s anti-Israel salvos have a longer history. In 2004, Erdogan called Israel a "terrorist state" after we eliminated Sheikh Yassin. In February 2006, he hosted Hamas...
With the advent of the Washington Nuclear Summit, it is incumbent upon Prime Minister Netanyahu to refute the notion that a linkage exists, supposedly, between the campaign to deny Iran nuclear capabilities on one hand and the Palestinian issue on the other hand. Some Israeli politicians and commentators accord legitimacy to the “Linkage...
The recent statements by the European Union's new foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton criticizing Israel have once again brought international attention to Jerusalem and the settlements. However, little appears to be truly understood about Israel's rights to what are generally called the "occupied territories" but what really are...
I weep as I witness outrageous verbal attacks on Israel. What makes these verbal assaults and distortions all the more painful is that they are being orchestrated by President Obama. For me, the situation today recalls what occurred in 70 AD when the Roman emperor Vespasian launched a military campaign against the Jewish nation and its ancient...
Commenting on the Obama/Israel crisis, Ed Lasky concludes that the US President is deliberately trying to turn America against Israel – and he is succeeding. I have written in today’s Jewish Chronicle that it is time for Israel to stop going along with the diplomatic lies told for so long by Britain, America and the west about the...
They applauded her entrance. They applauded intermittently throughout her speech. The loudest and most sustained ovation, predictably, came when she demanded that “Gilad Schalit must be released immediately and reunited with his family.” Overall, the reception, if not euphoric, was warm. But most importantly, even though just 10 days ago she...
The papers are plastered with headlines concerning the current American-Israeli crisis. Indeed, the situation is very grave, but it is by no means a surprise to me. Ever since President Obama took office I warned that his administration would be antagonistic towards Israel. I noted that there are Israeli “insiders” from the political...
Hussain Abdul Hussain gets it. He’s one of the most interesting Arab journalists who also write in English. In his latest article “Lonely Obama vs. popular Iran”, published in the Huffington Post, he points out what the most realistic people and more moderate rulers in the Arabic-speaking world are thinking. Theme one: Popularity...
Something is stirring in the Middle East. The winds of war are blowing, picking up speed with each passing day, and the threat to Israel is growing steadily more alarming. All around us, trouble - major trouble - appears to be brewing, and it is time we open our eyes and confront the dangers that may lie ahead. From Beirut and Damascus in the...
I don't know whether Israel did or did not assassinate the leader of Hamas' military wing, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. But assuming for argument's sake that the Mossad made the hit, did it have the legal right to engage in this "extrajudicial assassination?" Not all extrajudicial killings are unlawful. Every soldier who kills an enemy combatant engages...
Several news stories recently covered what was cast as a diplomatic faux pas by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon. The implication was that Ayalon should apologize for not meeting with visiting members of congress for what, it was suggested, was an act of hostility towards their host, J Street, an organization whose pro-Israel bona fides...
The "new," "progressive" voice of the "pro-peace and pro-Israel" lobby known as J Street has had its "pro-Israel" label questioned by many observers, and even some of its own have shed that label. J Street has now also revealed it doesn’t keep its word to trusting Jewish organizations. On Thursday,...
A regional war may well be approaching. The actions and statements of Iran and its Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian proxies over the past week or so indicate that this is what Israel’s enemies are gunning for. In preparing for this growing threat, Israel’s leaders need to consider more than just the military challenges it faces. They...
The Mohammed al-Dura affair was a huge propaganda victory for the Palestinians during the Second Intifada. Al-Dura became a martyr and a symbol for the struggle of the "David" Palestinians against the "Goliath" Israelis. Many unanswered questions surrounded the shooting incident at Netzarim junction in the Gaza strip. The IDF was quick...
Bradley Burston calls the siege of Gaza the worst mistake Israel has made in a decade: The stated goal of the siege was to undermine Hamas and to goad Gazans into rejecting Hamas rule. The effect of the siege has been to focus and intensify Palestinian anger against Israel, increase Gazans' dependency on Hamas social welfare arms, enrich Hamas...
The recent statements by the European Union's new foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton criticizing Israel have once again brought international attention to Jerusalem and the settlements. However, little appears to be truly understood about Israel's rights to what are generally called the "occupied territories" but what really are...
Jason Carter is running for a place in the George State Sentate from a district where the Jewish vote is essential for his election. Coincidentally, his grandfather, Former President Jimmy Carter, apologized for any words or deeds that may have upset the Jewish community in an open letter meant to improve an often-tense relationship. "We must not...
Noone wants to be responsible for Gilad Shalit remaining in the hands of Hamas. Ultimately, however, it is important to understand that only Hamas is responsible for Gilad Shalit's captivity. As they are responsible for the murder of hundreds of innocent civilians whose only crime was being Jewish. The arguments for not giving in to the...
Few Israeli policies have been as counterproductive or morally questionable as the lopsided prisoner exchanges it has entered into with terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. Time and again, Israel has paid for the freedom of a few POWs - sometimes just the remains of a few POWs - by releasing hundreds of violent detainees, many of them...
gZxcaS-ujLs&feature=channel_page On www.youtube.com xr3GIUrOqwo&feature=channel_page 19NDqRCZw_s&feature=channel_page lK2RuUR_HCo&feature=channel_page Israel Resource Review Last year, the Center for Near East Policy Research commissioned two reporters to interview Hamas members who are serving life sentences for...
Friends, comrades, Jews! I would like to ask you to take a few moments from your Hannuka week to strike a blow against Leftist Fascism and against anti-democratic Thought Control in Israel. Your help is needed to defend academic freedom from the assault by the McCarthyist Left. I would like to ask you to take a few moments to demand the immediate...
The recent media attention garnered by the relatively new J Street lobby necessitates an examination of the very notion of the term "Pro-Israel." Until very recently the J Street was always self-branded as "Pro-Israel." Intensifying the matter is the case of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel spoke on November...
Freeze of Jewish construction in Judea & Samaria is based on a series of erroneous assumptions: 1. A Freeze will not soften - but will intensify - President Obama's criticism of "settlements" in particular and Israeli policy in general. For instance, Prime Minister Netanyahu's June 14, 2009 Two-State-Solution-speech triggered...
News that President Obama received the Nobel Peace elicited a gasp from the anchor of afternoon newsreel of Israel Broadcasting Authority Radio on Friday - "Well, now that is a surprise", she said with some spontaneity. Within an hour of the announcement, Reuven Rivlin, veteran speaker of the Israel Knesset Parliament, warned that "Someone...
Even for a body with a steady and dependable record of demonizing Israel, the UN has truly outdone itself this time. Mustering all the righteous indignation at its disposal, the world organization has deemed itself morally fit to accuse the Jewish state of "actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during last winter's...
Events are fast pushing Israel toward a pre-emptive military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, probably by next spring. That strike could well fail. Or it could succeed at the price of oil at $300 a barrel, a Middle East war, and American servicemen caught in between. So why is the Obama administration doing everything it can to speed the war process...
It has become fashionable to use the word “Apartheid” as an adjective to Israel these days, particularly since the first Durban conference in August 2002. We have the “Apartheid wall” and “Apartheid roads” and are regularly called an “Apartheid state” as alluded to by former US president Jimmy Carter in the...
The Israel-America alliance, with all its ups-and-downs over the years, with arguments, disagreements and clashes, including attempts to cause Israel serious damage such as the reassessment period and the infamous and foul-mouthed Baker remark, has arrived at a new low. It was on July 23 two years ago that then candidate Barack Obama offered his...
Sometimes good ideas come from the most unlikely of sources. A couple of days ago, JoeSettler did a post in which he examined the question of how often President Obama and his top officials talk about Israel or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Examining the week of Aug. 17-21, he found (with a little help from yours truly) that Israel was...
What a welcome relief it has been to see that when Mike Huckabee expresses strong opinions about the justification of Jewish residency in Givat Olam, Maale Adumim and The Shepherd Hotel, his political colleagues in The United States either disagree with him in an issue-oriented manner or remain silent. In the Israeli political arena, no such restraint is...
I was most privileged on July 13 to be invited along with 16 other Jewish leaders to meet with President Obama at the White House. Much has been written about this historic meeting; it's hard to believe there have been so many commentaries on a one-hour session. Everyone who was present has their own version of what happened, and I’m no...
If the Left would put aside its slogans for a moment and consider the present situation rationally and cogently, it would realize that much of its heated rhetoric about settlements is entirely misplaced. For it is precisely the continued expansion of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria which provides the best chance for achieving a long-term, viable...
Legions of senior American officials have descended on Jerusalem recently, but the most important of them has been Defense Secretary Robert Gates. His central objective was to dissuade Israel from carrying out military strikes against Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities. Under the guise of counseling “patience,” Mr. Gates again conveyed...
IN his global tours and TV appearances, President Obama has spoken to Arabs, Muslims, Iranians, Western Europeans, Eastern Europeans, Russians and Africans. His words have stirred emotions and been well received everywhere. But he hasn’t bothered to speak directly to Israelis. And the effect? Six months into his presidency, Israelis find...
YOU'VE sacrificed all your family had to build your modest dream home by a lake. Now a wildfire races toward you. A former friend phones from his mansion across the water, ordering you not to call the fire brigade -- he's sending a servant to discuss things with the flames. Meanwhile, your rich buddy insists you tear down the tree-house you built for...
Jewish activists should make Obama understand that if he continues to appease Arabs by distancing the US from Israel and reneging on prior American commitments, the Jewish community, including many of his most devoted followers, will conclude that he betrayed them. The current situation is especially sensitive because it is commonly believed that Barack...
The election of Barak Obama was a milestone for the United States and the possibility of "change" was on the horizon. He is smart, good looking and could sell ice to Eskimo's but he has had problems selling some of his plans to the American people. This week President Obama sent Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to Jerusalem to meet with...
The effort to twist and evade has begun. The Obama administration has gone to great lengths to avoid directly renouncing the Bush-Sharon agreement regarding settlements. Plainly, the Obama team doesn’t want to abide by the terms of that understanding (which allowed for growth within existing settlements), yet they feel obliged not to say so. On...
The unprecedented pressure of this US president on America's ally in the Middle East should come as no surprise to anyone. During the elections, Obama opposition camps were sharply criticized when they pointed out that Obama's Muslim early education would influence him unduly against Israel. Obama, for his part, emphasized his Christianity and Christian...
Israel's partnership with the United States is one of its greatest strategic assets. The United States provides Israel with crucial security and economic aid and invaluable political backing in the international arena. Amid the legitimate rapprochement President Obama has initiated with the Arab and Muslim world, it is important not to underestimate the...
The old myth that Jews cannot fight is just that, a myth. But, unfortunately, the real truth is that, when we do choose to fight for our lives, it is we who are our own worst enemy. Some of you may not understand what I am talking about. What I mean is that when Israel and Jewish lives are at risk there are always some in the Jewish community who...
The defense minister’s pledge to evacuate 23 unauthorized outposts came at the right time, and its implementation would temporarily reduce the extent of international pressure exerted on Israel. Barak’s pledge to the special American envoy followed an incredibly coordinated Western campaign. Western leaders are allowed to reprimand...
In World War II, most Europeans willingly supported the Nazis. The reason for this, which most people prefer to silence, is that Germany’s main sex appeal was its anti-Semitism. n Western Europe, the overwhelming Jewish success in all areas of life prompted great jealousy, while in Eastern Europe the masses believed that the Jews are depriving them...
President Obama and his advisors pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu to avoid intensive contacts with Congress. They claim that such contacts would undermine the Presidency, and would therefore damage US-Israel relations. However, refraining from such contacts would demote Congress into a "Supporting Actor," and thus would be an insult to...
If, as some maintain, it's a way to build his credentials in the Arab world, then - okay - the policy can be understood. US and European diplomats say continuously that everywhere they travel in the Arab world, settlement construction is the one issue that they hear about time and time again: that construction in the settlements is poisoning the...
A U.S. organization has been receiving money from perhaps unsuspecting Jewish donors to support blatantly anti-Israel groups. American Jews wishing to donate money to Israeli causes routinely utilize local city Jewish federations as a middleman. Hundreds of millions of dollars per year are sent to Jewish federations across the country with...
Even after 20 years of dealing with the foreign press, I was disgusted to see the use BBC's Tim Franks made of the 15 hours he spent tasting the newest boutique Israeli wines, all produced in Yesha. He asked each of the four winemakers with whom he spoke if their vineyards and wineries were not, in fact, just a political ploy to establish facts on the...
A cold war, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is "a conflict over ideological differences carried on by methods short of sustained overt military action and usually without breaking off diplomatic relations." Note the three elements in this definition: ideological differences, no actual fighting, and not breaking off diplomatic...
You know there's some spin going on when there are those who repeat a given phrase like a mantra while others hem and haw and talk in circles. Hilary Clinton's "Looking at the history of the Bush administration, there were no informal or oral enforceable agreements," is the first part of the US mantra. The second is "Settlement must...
Salaam aleikum, dudes! I thought I knew a little bit about the Middle East. Boy, was I wrong. Last week, President Obama set me straight. Here's what our president taught me during his Middle-Eastern pilgrimage: There is no more terrorism. Wow, cool! No more security checks at airports, right? It's unclear which side won, but it's all over. Obama...
In his June 4 Cairo speech, President Barack Obama continued to focus US policy on Israel's construction practices in the West Bank, which he forcefully criticized: "The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for...
Let us be clear. Barak Hussein Obama, President of The United States, Israel's best friend in the world, has one goal in focus: getting closer to the Muslim world. Of course, everything has its price. The price of this particular goal is the breaking apart of Israel, by agreement or by coercion. And yet, even President Obama is aware of the fact that to...
Obama the Humble declares there will be no more "dictating" to other countries. We should "forge partnerships as opposed to simply dictating solutions," he told the G-20 summit. In Middle East negotiations, he told al-Arabiya, America will henceforth "start by listening, because all too often the United States starts by...
The problem with being a speechwriter is that you can see all the internal parts of the speeches of others. I, too, would have searched for even the most miniscule and centuries-old achievement and co-achievement of Muslims were I to try to make concilatory gestures to one of the groups from which the most virulent, despicable terrorists have emerged in...
While every statement coming from official sources close to PM Binyamin Netanyahu re-iterate that the newly elected Prime Minister is standing firm in the face of an unprecedented US attempt to interfere in issues the Israel electorate clearly mandated, somehow the person on the Israeli street believes that he's caved. Whether it's the Israeli media,...
While it is still early to assess the effect of US President Barack Obama's policy innovations in the Middle East, it is already clear that his preliminary steps reflect a substantive change in the triangular relationship involving the US, Israel and the Palestinians. Obama's decision to phone Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas prior to...
"A legitimate Palestinian entity FORMS THE MOST IMPORTANT WEAPON THAT ARABS HAVE AGAINST ISRAEL. Fateh, as a political organization, was established in 1957 when it issued its first statement calling for military struggle. In the period 1959 to 1964, Fateh published a magazine called ‘Our Palestine’. Eight years of organizing,...
The New America Foundation Chatter The New America Foundation held a soiree in Washington on Monday on “U.S.-Saudi Relations in a World Without Equilibrium.” It’s no surprise to learn that the highlights were all about how the U.S. needs to get tough, not with the Islamists running...
The State of Israel must take its future firmly in its own hands Every year for the past 61 years Israel has faced unique challenges, each one different from the year before. This year is no different. With Independence Day coming up, it becomes apparent that the underlying common denominator for each year's challenges...
Israel: the only country to celebrate the establishment of an enemy state Our independence celebrations this year will be held against the backdrop of the upcoming Palestinian independence. We are the only state in the world excited ahead of the establishment of an enemy state. Some groups around here are already...
What kind of friend shoves a shovel into your hand for you to dig your own grave? Barak Obama has a lovely personality, and moreover, the holiday of freedom brings together the blacks and the Jews, who were among the greatest fighters for African-American equality. Still, we were hurt by Condoleezza Rice, who identified us...
Springtime brings with it the air of refreshing renewal. The budding of new flowers and fruits. The spiritual renewal of Chag Pesach along with new clothes, new dishes and new resolutions. How fitting that a new government be installed just as the dust is banished from our homes and from other aspects of our lives. Binyamin Netanyahu inherited a...
NYTimes: Anti-Israel Agenda not surprising In February 2009, a few veterans of the recently concluded Operation Cast Lead met to discuss what some of them felt was immoral conduct by the IDF. The soldiers exchanged war stories, including two specific allegations about unarmed civilians being killed...
Lest we not let Olmert's moral/ethical failures erase his political fairlures Olmert's strategic leadership of Operation Cast Lead demonstrated that he remained committed to the same wrongheaded and dangerous strategic outlook with which he had led the country to ignominious defeat...
Hamas terror infrastructure likely to be big winner In recent years, billions of dollars have poured into Gaza from hundreds of countries and international organizations. The money, sent with the intention of encouraging Gaza economic development and quality of life, has remained largely unaccounted for by the...
Kadima chairwoman among few who still believe in two-state solution In Moscow’s Red Square, what is left of the believers of bolshevism still rally sometimes, under the faded red flags and Stalin’s portraits. They remind me of Tzipi Livni’s staunch, pathetic attachment to the...
Shalit’s release must be secured through penalties, not rewards This is not an easy article for me to write. As someone who served in a unit that operated well beyond the frontlines, the chances of me falling into enemy hands were far from negligible. My fate could well have been that of Corporal Gilad Shalit....
Media’s overwhelming endorsement of Shalit deal does not serve our national interest One cannot but admire Aviva and Noam Shalit. The abducted soldier’s reserved family did not easily embark on the aggressive campaign to free its kidnapped son. We can see the difficulties reflected on their faces, in their manner of...
Dear Senator Mitchell, We were very happy to see you arrive and wished you a productive visit. A long time has passed since you left us with the report named after you, in May 2001, and we wish to inform you that we sobered up since then. We've sobered up greatly. That report was complied several months after the outbreak of the second Intifada, when...
Will Barak and Livni lose all the ground our soldiers have so bravely won? I am shocked that after the initial, brilliantly-conducted military operations in Gaza Israel - under the leadership of Tzipi Livni, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert - is about to lose most of what it set out to accomplish. It appears now that there will be NO freeing...
Rare consensus: slogan "land for peace" has disappeared. We are seeing a rare consensus: The slogan “land for peace” has disappeared. The Gaza disengagement, which created a new equation - “land for rockets” - left the “peace camp” with a minimalistic objective, bordering on the primitive:...
Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. Late Saturday, thousands of Gazans received Arabic-language cell-phone messages from the Israeli military, urging them to leave homes where militants might have stashed weapons. Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. It...
Yisrael Medad shows the absurdity in Arab/World thinking Martin Kramer makes a great observation:- ...Christopher Hitchens [a columnist for Vanity Fair]...announces that the Khalidi family "hold[s] a celebrated house and position in the city [of Jerusalem] since approximately the time of the Crusades. I have had the honor...
“Jewish” Democrats Seek to Sabotage Anti-Iran Rally to Help Obama We thought it was impossible for the National “Jewish” Democratic Council to sink any lower in terms of depravity and pure opportunism. Its effort to disrupt the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations’ Rally to Stop Iran to...
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni may not be a crook, but she is a fraud. And if polls are to be believed, Livni the fraud is just one fraudulent election away from becoming our next prime minister. Her basic dishonesty is expressed both in her political maneuverings and in her behavior as a policymaker. In both areas, she upholds...
Without staging a rally or burning a tire, the settler leadership this week appeared to rescue the 101 West Bank outposts from certain destruction. In what has been a two-year process, the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip showed that it had reframed the semantics surrounding the outposts into a winning formula. So now,...
Migron: History of a Political Case On January 23, 2008, the government answered a Supreme Court case brought by the left-wing extremist group, Peace Now, who claimed that the land upon which Migron sits is private Arab land. The government stated that the Prime Minister and the Defense Minster decided, since Migron sits on private Arab land, to...
In an exceptional move, the general evaluation committee of the government created a special subcommittee to study the water crisis in Israel. There is at least partial accuracy in the finger of blame the chairman of the committee points at the government which prefers immediate economic issues to making the investments necessary in equipment, water...
On Sunday Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will bring the matter of IDF reserve soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser before his cabinet. The two reservists, who are presumed dead, have not been heard from since they were kidnapped to Lebanon by Hizbullah on July 12, 2006. Olmert will instruct his ministers to vote on whether Israel should release Samir...
There is nothing more obnoxious than a journalist issuing a personal appeal to the prime minister to go home. Prime ministers, after all, are lawfully elected by the public. But it's the prime minister who has altered the relationship between himself and the Israeli electorate by portraying his public office as a "workplace." When people mess up...
www.HonestReporting.com The BBC's "From Our Own Correspondent" program broadcast on Radio 4 and published on BBC Online allows BBC journalists the opportunity to report their personal reflections from a particular event or location. Sometimes this removes the charade of objectivity that the BBC claims to uphold, most famously in the case of...
Indrek Wichman, a Professor at the University of Michigan, sent an email to those protesting cartoons spoofing Muslim leaders saying... If you do not like the values of the West - see the 1st Amendment - you are free to leave. I hope for God's sake that most of you choose that option. Please return to your ancestral homelands and build them up...
Statistics on Palestinian homicides and foreign aid to Gaza and the West Bank reveal that as aid increased to the Palestinian government, so too did the numbers of people (both Israeli and Palestinian) killed by Palestinian militants. At the same time there was an inverse correlation between an increase in foreign aid and Palestinian economic...
A joint resolution of both Houses of Congress of the United States unanimously endorsed the "Mandate for Palestine," in June of 1922, confirming the irrevocable right of Jews to settle in the area of Palestine—anywhere between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea: "Favoring the establishment in Palestine of a...
Given the poll results that Olmert and his government enjoying the support of a mere eight percent of their fellow citizens, it is reasonable to assume Israel would be ablaze with protesters. But there is just an eerie, unsettling silence. Monday Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni opened negotiations with her Palestinian...
Why is Israel proceeding with Road Map before implementation of first phase? This week a friend will be visiting Israel. George W. Bush is indeed a true friend of Israel and even his critics will admit that he is determined to fight terrorism and is unwilling to compromise on that front. Bush showed understanding to the serious terror problems...
US Ambassador Richard Jones was recently reported to have asked Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch about the legal status of the "settlements". This is indeed a subject which has long been neglected - or simply ignored. The answer to the question is a simple one, but in view of the obfuscation which has for years gathered around it, it is...
Israel Opinion Looking at the southern town of Ashkelon from a bird’s eye view reveals many red roofs, particularly along the sea. In the older neighborhoods you would find a concrete mess that was not built to withstand a collision with a flying pipe, and old houses, mostly from the 50s and 60s of the previous century. More than 100,000...
WASHINGTON -- Next June will mark the 40th anniversary of the Six Day war. For four decades we have been told that the cause of the anger, violence and terror against Israel is its occupation of the territories seized in that war. End the occupation and the "cycle of violence'' ceases. The problem with this claim was that before Israel came...
