Monthly Archives: December 2006

IDF Intelligence Testimony: ‘Calm’ Gives Terror Organization Leaders No Fear Of Harm

The director of the investigative department of the IDF's Intelligence Branch, Brig. Gen. Yossi Baidetz,told the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the calm allows the leaders of the Palestinian organizations' military wings to...

Shmuel (Sammy) Bar-Lev: Syria’s recognition of Turkish sovereignty in Alexandretta precedent for Golan

Shmuel (Sammy) Bar-Lev, chairman of the Katzrin local council, suggested this morning in a live interview on Israel Radio that Syria reach peace with Israel as it did with Turkey - with the Syrians...

Security Guarantees for Israel from the US – Remember the Sinai, 50 Years Ago

The Baker report, mandates that Israel... "Return the Golan to Syria, with US security guarantees to Israel" Exactly fifty years ago, Israel took the Sinai in a defensive war, with firm US security guarantees to...

Commentary: the Baker-Hamilton Report

The Baker-Hamilton Report has been released. We already knew about the approach of appeasement it recommended: Engage Iran and Syria on the issue of Iraq. But there is more. It is not just appeasement,...

‘Calm’ Gives Terror Organization Leaders No Fear Of Harm

Brig. Gen. Baidetz said that because of the cease-fire, the main center of terrorist activity has moved to Judea and Samaria. "They try to perpetrate terror attacks all the time. They prepare car bombs. There was also an intention to establish a laboratory to manufacture high trajectory fire weapons, but our troops discovered it," he said.

Commentary: Appeasement Now

Caroline Glick's first line in her column yesterday: "The world has gone mad." She then proceeds to explain the many reasons why this is so. For example: "As the Palestinians push forward with their Iranian-sponsored,...

Fateh Central Committee Hails Abbas’ Efforts to Form National Unity Gov’t

Fateh Central Committee hailed Monday President Mahmoud Abbas for his true efforts to form a national unity government which are aiming at ending the current crisis faced by the Palestinian people. The Committee held today...

Iraqi Army Seeks To Improve Marksmanship

--Officials said the army would be provided snipers to most units. This would deploy a marksman on a roof to target insurgents and their commanders.The marksmanship course was said to be difficult and selective, demanding the striking of targets at ranges of up to 600 meters. Officials said the majority of students did not complete training, which included a 10-kilometer march as well as firing at pop-up targets.--Palestinian Authority Continued To Smuggle Into Gaza--Saudis Crack Down On al-Qaida--Iran Has $3 Trillion Worth Of Energy

Not the peace we expected with Egypt

Egypt's behavior in Sinai and along the Philadelphi route, which enables the large-scale arming of terror organizations, requires a reexamination of Israeli policy. Many people have become convinced in recent months that Egypt intends...

Jimmy Carter Talks of Funeral Plans For Himself

Sunday, December 3, 2006 9:38 p.m. EST Jimmy Carter Talks of Funeral Plans Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he hopes to be buried in front of his home in Plains, the southwest Georgia town where...