Monthly Archives: December 2006

Rabin¹s Legacy that Never Was

On the 4th of November 1995, Israel¹s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at the end of a peace rally in Tel Aviv. Many Israelis, particularly those on the political left, believe that this...

The Human Rights Council Disappoints on Darfur

This week, the UN Human Rights Council held a special session on the human rights situation in Darfur, Sudan-its fourth special session, and the first not focusing on Israel. The result? A disappointingly weak...

U.S. Military: Morale In Iraq Remains Good

--"If they didn't think what they were doing was important, then they wouldn't re-enlist," Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer, commander of Multinational Force West, said.--Gulf Cooperation Council Mulls Dialogue With Iran--Iran Expands Nuke Enrichment Program

Commentary: The Myth of Linkage to Iraq

I rather like Barry Rubin's comments today on James Baker's thoughts and recommendations, from his report on Iraq, regarding Israel and peace in the Middle East. Says Rubin, "The only way this kind of...

‘Hudna’ -Winked

Over the past few weeks, the western media and even the Jewish media have mistranslated the term "hudna" to mean a "ceasefire." Muhammed made a hudna with a tribe of Jews back then to give him time to grow his forces, then broke the treaty and wiped them out. Although this treaty was violated within three years from the time that it was concluded, most jurists concur that the maximum period of peace with the enemy should not exceed ten years since it was originally agreed that the Hudaybia treaty should last ten years."

Iran in Gaza

At the weekly Sunday cabinet meeting of the Israeli government, the Israeli intelligence chief, Yuval Diskin, warned that the Hamas terrorist organization is using this period of an agreed upon period of "calm" to...

Solidarity in Sderot:Hadassah Unity Mission visits Israeli city weary of relentless rocket fire from...

Of the many stops made by the 58 delegates of the recent "Hadassah is Here" Israel Unity Mission, seeing with their own eyes the mounds of Kassam rockets behind Sderot's Police Headquarters, was a...

HUDNA” -WINKED: Mistranslation of an Arabic term which does not connote “cease fire”

Over the past few weeks, almost all of the western media have mistranslated the term "hudna" to mean a "ceasefire". A "hudna" connotes a respite in a war between Islamic forces & non-Islamic forces. The authoritative...

Baker Hamilton Report Analyzed

Her Iraq Study Group report did more than merely live down to its advance billing. Its authors are now revealed to be as intellectually deficient as they are morally malodorous. Calling these people 'realists'...

Commentary: “Test the intentions of Israel’s neighbors.” – An insult to our intelligence

Edward Djerejian, a key advisor to Baker on his study, told the Jerusalem Post today that there is no intention to force Israel into concessions. Rather, the desire is to "test the intentions of...