How Far Can You Run in 10 Seconds? First Hand Account of A Missile...

The Tseva Adom ("Color Red") siren went off at approximately 9:15 p.m. I took out a video camera, donned press credentials and ran outside. Three seconds later, there was an enormous explosion nearby. Running towards...

Nuclear arms expert says it would be foolish for canada to sell Jordan nuclear...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1529&sec=1&title= NUCLEAR_ARMS_EXPERT_SAYS_IT_WOULD_BE_FOOLISH_FOR_CANADA_ TO_SELL_JORDAN_NUCLEAR_REACTOR:_CANADA_ON_SHORT_LIST_TO_SELL Arms control expert Gerald Steinberg has taken issue with the presence of Canada on a recent short list to help Jordan construct a nuclear reactor to generate energy for civilian purposes. Canada is one of...

The Right of Return: Through Conjugal Negotiatons

Ibrahim Idris was born in 1967, the year the city of his birth, Nablus, was conquered. In 1994, when the Palestinian Authority returned to the territories, Idris made a significant change in his life:...

The Dead Sea at the crossroads of war: Reflecting on Iran’s recent missile strike

On April 13 and 14, Iran executed its first direct attack on Israel amid the current conflict, starkly underscoring the fragile security environment that surrounds us. This very date marks a personal and poignant...

Why the People of Katif Do Not Want to Accept “Legal Compensation”

My cousin's daughter, a Tel Aviv lawyer, called last night. "Be realistic" she said. "You know that you are going to be expelled from Gush Katif. So get yourself a lawyer and start negotiating...

CBC Investigation: Who killed Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri?

Who killed Rafik Hariri? His assassination in February 2005 rocked the power arrangements in the Middle East and turned him into an overarching symbol of everything that was wrong in Lebanon. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters) It wasn't...

As Kerry meets with Netanyahu Israel reveals Palestinian cop behind terror attack

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=62757 Shin Bet, IDF, police detain 14 men, including Palestinian policeman, suspected of involvement in last week's explosion on bus in Bat Yam. Sami Harimi went to pray in mosque in Jaffa, then boarded bus,...

International Recognition of a Unilaterally Declared Palestinian State: Legal and Policy Dilemmas

http://www.jcpa.org/art/becker2.htm Representatives of the PLO, and of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority established pursuant to the Interim Agreement, have repeatedly threatened to unilaterally declare an independent Palestinian state.1 Indeed, following the conclusion of the Camp...

Drone strikes in Ukraine should be cause for concern in Israel

The problem with the drones that Iran is supplying Russia is not that they are significantly improving the military achievements of Vladimir Putin's army on the various battle fronts in Ukraine. The cameras installed...

Weapons Were Smuggled for the Palestinian Authority

Senior Israeli security sources said yesterday that the Palestinian Authority was behind the attempted smuggling of dozens of weapons which was foiled by the Israeli Army on Friday near the northern part of the...