Strategic Notes on the Gilad Shalit Prisoner Exchange

http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/10/12/strategic- notes-on-the-gilad-prisoner-exchange/?singlepage=true There are some substantial misunderstandings on the nature of the Gilad Shalit exchange deal. I should stress that the list of those Palestinian prisoners being given in exchange for him has not yet been...

Gilad Shalit: Israel Succumbs to Ransom

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10720#.TpWVB5sr2so When Israel succumbs to the ransom demanded by a regime which has kidnapped a citizen of the free world, that creates a precedent that will reverberate across the globe. Despite their desire to see Cpl....

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...

It Isn’t Israel in Danger of Disappearing, It’s The People Who Think That Way

http://www.gloria-center.org/2011/10/it-isn%E2%80%99t- israel-in-danger-of-disappearing-it%E2%80%99s-the-people-who-think-that-way/ “...never send to know for whom the bell tolls It tolls for thee.” -John Dunne Rome, Italy I’m standing on the edge of the Roman Forum, by the Arch of Titus. This is the marble structure built by...

Teaching Journalists How to Report on Jihad

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/06/journalism-and-jihad/ Muslim-American advocacy groups with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR ) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC ), are on a mission to combat what they...

The Olive Tree Initiative and Terror

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/06/the-olive-tree-initiative-and-terror-1-1/ The danger of sending American college students on Olive Tree Initiative trips to the West Bank was underscored by the recent discovery of 13 Hamas terror cells and a foiled suicide bombing plot in...

Op-Ed: Hanan Porat, Man of Kiruv: An Accidental Connection

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10690#.To6od5sr2so Between Purim and Pesach in 1973, while learning at Pardes Institute in its first year, as I was just crossing the Rubicon to become an observant Jew, the opportunity presented itself to visit Kibbutz...

As war looms large, Israel is sticking its head in the sand

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/as-war-looms -large-israel-is-sticking-its-head-in-the-sand-1.383158 This week, the head of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg, said what he thought to the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. "It's being called the Arab Spring,...

Abbas Gives the Finger to Obama

http://www.hudson-ny.org/2454/abbas-gives-finger-to-obama By rejecting both of US President Barack Obama's requests -- to avoid a United Nations bid for Palestinian Statehood and to return to the negotiating table -- the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, is...

Terrorist Incidents against Jewish Communities and Israeli Citizens Abroad, 1968-2010

http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID= 1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=624&PID=0&IID=8920&TTL=Terrorist_Incidents_ against_Jewish_Communities_and_Israeli_Citizens_Abroad,_1968-2010 â— The phenomenon of terrorism against Jewish communities and Israeli targets abroad represents the most violent aspect of contemporary anti-Semitism, and the greatest physical danger to Diaspora Jewish communities. The rational calculations of political...