Daily Archives: August 28, 2006
The Current Danger of Hizbullah
What is Hizbullah's situation three weeks after the cease-fire, and where is it headed? The emerging picture is as follows:
It has, more or less, maintained a large portion of its military capabilities. Most of...
Olmert, Nasrallah, and more
Well, first it was the issue of a suspected bribe that Olmert and his wife took -- conveyed by way of an apartment sold to them at $500,000 less than market value. And now...
Olmert Forms Blue Ribbon Panels to Look Into Mishandling of War and Faces Attacks...
Following pressure from all sides of Israel's political spectrum, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared in Israel's northern city of Haifa, which had been hit by 400 of the more than 4000 missiles fired...
Figs On Rosh Hodesh, Or
And so it came to be. On Rosh Hodesh Elul, we will sit with our family in our garden for Shabbat dinner, fulfilling the prophecies of old, that foresaw a time when we would all sit in peace under our fig trees and appreciate the peace of mind that the land of Israel can at times provide.
On The Palestinian School Curriculum: Erasing Israel
As this is being written, in late August 2006, news wires around the world are running a story that Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, has launched a new peace initiative with Israel. However, the new school books that the same Mahmoud Abbas has now introduced in the Palestinian Authority school system - run independently of Hamas - represent a curriculum that prepares a new generation of Palestinians to destroy Israel.