Monthly Archives: September 2006

Egypt Prepared To Go Nuclear

"The whole world - I don't want to say all, but many developing countries - have proposed and started to execute the issue of alternative energy," Gamal Mubarak, the president's son, said. "It is time for Egypt to put forth, and the party will put forth, this proposal for discussion about its future energy policies, the issue of alternative energy, including nuclear energy, as one of the alternatives."

IRAN INTRODUCES WEAPONS USED BY HIZBULLAH

The United States has determined that Iran has brought to Iraq advanced weaponry used by Hizbullah in the war against Israel. Officials said U.S. military intelligence has detected the use by Iraqi insurgents of advanced...

Commentary: UN capers…

There it is again. Yesterday, Kofi Annan, in his last address to the UN as secretary-general, makes the infamous link: As long as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains unresolved, "passions everywhere will be inflamed." Are we...

Getting To The Issue With Livni

Monday night, Israel's Foreign Minister Tzippy Livni met with Machmud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Before the Livni-Abbas meeting, The Evening Bulletin posed the following questions to Livni, through her spokesperson, Ido Aharoni, and through the spokesperson of the Israel Foreign Ministry, Mr. Mark Regev.Those questions were: (please review article)

Commentary on Rice-Livni Encounter

It seems sometimes a rule of thumb that if I wait a day, the news changes. So it is with what I reported yesterday, from The Jerusalem Post, regarding a linkage being made by the...

INTERVIEW WITH SPOKESMAN OF ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPPI LIVNI FOLLOWING LIVNI-ABBAS MEETING

On Monday night, Israel's Foreign Minister Tzippy Livni met with the Machmud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Abbas has two identities, both of which he inherited from his mentor, Yassir Arafat - as...

Washington Maintains Contact With Abu Mazen; PA Denies Impasse

--Yesterday, the U.S. administration summoned Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to Washington with the express intention of making it clear to him that it takes a dim view of forming a unity government with Hamas.--Palestinian Authority: No Impasse In Government Talks

IRAN: THE RISE OF A REGIONAL POWER

Volume 10, No. 3, Article 10/10 September 2006 One of the most important developments in the early twenty-first century Middle East is the rise of Iran to become a regional great power. This has come about...

Israel Forms Panel To Examine ‘Ill Preparedness’

One area that the investigation panel will examine will be the "... management of the political echelon as it related to the... preparedness and readiness of the threat from Lebanon, including intelligence preparedness and the force building and its readiness... " (Clause C) In that context, American citizens who witnessed security briefings from Israeli officials over the past few years may be called upon to testify at the Winograd panel.

Commentary: The Pope’s Statement; Questiona about Yaalon; Livni and Abbas

It seems as if the Pope has told it like it is with regard to Islam -- referring in an academic context to a propensity within this religion for violence. And see what happened:...