Repackaging Ehud Barak: Shades of Nixon?

In the Israel Labor Party primary held on Monday, Ehud Barak led the field of candidates to head the Israel Labor Party, to become Labor's leading candidate for the next Prime Minister- assuming that...

The Risks to Regional Security from International Forces in Gaza

Jerusalem Issue Brief Institute for Contemporary Affairs founded jointly at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 7, No. 5 24 June 2007 * With the total collapse of Fatah in...

UN Resolution 1701 Compromised

In a declassified report released this week and published by the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center located at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC), security officials make an official claim that...

Soccer Terror: Honoring a Killer on the Soccer Field

Last Wednesday, August 15th, Al Hayat Al Jadida, the official newspaper of the Palestinian Authority, carried what the western reader would regard as an unusual news item: A soccer tournament had been held in...

About 100 Shells Fired In One Week On Israeli Kibbutz

Sderot is not alone: Within a week, about 100 mortar shells have been fired at Kibbutz Kerem Shalom in the western Negev. Unlike the city that is plagued with Kassam rockets, no Red Color alert...

“Dangerous Dementia”

"I believe it's possible -- not only possible, I believe it's going to happen, that there will be a signed peace treaty by the time I leave office ." To say this is to...

We Cease, They Fire: Anatomy of a Ceasefire Disaster

"Hamas could learn both positive and negative lessons from the last round of escalation. On the positive side, it succeeded in consistently and systematically launching rockets at Israel, extending the rockets' range to Ashkelon,...

Israel’s High Court of Justice: Convicted Palestinian Will Not Be Executed

Israel's High Court of Justice: Convicted Palestinian Will Not Be Executed Shurat HaDin has been informed by Israeli government sources that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has made formal assurances that it will not carry out...

A Secret Fresh Start: Former Palestinian Collaborators Forge New Life in Israel

From a plastic chair on his front porch Samir looked out over a garden neatly planted with rose bushes. In this house Samir, his wife, and five of their children are living a new...

Clear and present danger: String of disastrous decisions shows that government is our greatest...

It is difficult to grasp. It is even difficult to accept. But it is no longer possible to deny the almost unthinkable truth. Today the People of Israel and the State of Israel are facing...