Monthly Archives: December 2006

FACTBOX-How rival Palestinian armed factions stack up

Here's how the Palestinian armed rivals stack up militarily: ABBAS'S PRESIDENTIAL GUARD With U.S. backing, Abbas's elite presidential guard has grown to at least 4,000 men, up from 2,500 members when Hamas took power in March. Last...

Words on the Nuclear Issue are Crucial

Statements made by heads of state on the nuclear issue have special importance because of the subject's critical nature. Accordingly, these statements are known as "declaratory policy," which indicates that these statements are significant...

Commentary: On the Holocaust, Holocaust denial, Iran, and related issues…

This past week I attended a showing at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs of a documentary made in 1991 by the award-winning Dutch film maker Willy Lindwer on the Wansee Conference, which was...

Commentary: Can Religion Succeed Where Politics Has Failed? An Israeli Addresses a Global Peace...

Position Paper for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs a. Ultimately, religion defines identity among Jews and Arabs in the Middle East, and is the basic element upon which the Jewish attachment to the Land...

FROM IRAN TO HAMAS: 300 CARS, TWO PLANES AND A QUARTER OF A BILLION...

The tens of millions of dollars that Israel managed to prevent the Palestinian prime minister from bringing into the Gaza Strip, are small change compared to the fortune that Iran promised to transfer to...

JAMES BAKER CONFLICT OF INTERESTS UNCOVERED

Ben Caspit, journalist from the Maariv newspaper in Israel, holds documentation which Shows that the law office of former American secretary of state James Baker earned tens of millions of dollars from a deal...

“Politically correct” Holocaust Denial?

This week, the Israeli government issued vehement denunciations of the conference convened by the Iranian government in Teheran to promote the denial of the mass murder of the Jews in World War II, in...

Will Baker and Gates Leave Bush with a Defeatist Legacy?

As George W. Bush enters his final two years in office, he may be preparing a doctrine of defeatism authored by James Baker and Robert Gates that alienates allies and emboldens enemies. Three critical decisions...

Israel Supreme Court OKs Targeted Killing Of Terrorists

--Supreme Court, Judge Aharon Barak, wrote in his ruling that, in his view, each case has to be carefully examined individually, and it has to be ensured that the risk to innocent bystanders is not excessive. The end does not always justify the means, Barak concluded--Hezbollah Puts Medium-Range Rockets Across Litani--Second Madrid Conference To Be Held --Italian Guards Leave Posts At Jewish, Israeli Institutions In Rome

U.S. Revises Training For Iraq Army

--The Iraqi commanders are concerned about their own capabilities," Maj. Gen. Carter Ham, commander of 1st Infantry Division, said. "They're concerned about whether or not they will be fully supported by their government."--U.S. Bolsters Naval Presence In Gulf--U.S. Military ApprovesAid To Egypt--Egypt: American Part Of Al-Qaida Network--Turkey IDs Al-Qaida Network Leader--Al-Qaida Sends Agents Into Lebanon--Kuwait Signs Intel Sharing Accord With Nato--GCC Wants To Match Iran's Nuke Program