Daily Archives: April 15, 2007
Renewed Negotiations with Syria: Currently Not in Israel’s Interest
I am among those who believe that a political settlement is a good thing. Rafael (Raful) Eitan was once asked if he supported a peace settlement between Israel and Syria based on the principle...
Commentary: Our Fate and Faith At This Time
I offer here a link to a piece by Barry Rubin called "Goodbye to Western Civilization." I urge all of you to read it, but particularly those who are in N. America. There must...
The Man Who Inspired Hitler
The 27th day of Nissan year marks the day when the Warsaw Ghetto uprising began against the Nazis in 1943.
The 27th of Nissan was therefore selected as Holocaust Remembrance and Heroism Day in Israel...
Abusing the Holocaust
Kenneth Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch, opened a recent response to critics of his statements on Israel (including the author of this column) by referring to his father's "escape" from Nazi Germany....
PM Olmert’s press advisor: Israel did not propose compliance benchmarks at
IMRA interviewed, Miri Eisin - Foreign press adviser - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in English, on April 15 after the meeting between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas:
Question: When Prime Minister Olmert met...
“Bill Clinton: Israel-Syria peace deal could be reached within 35 minutes”
A peace agreement between Israel and Syria could be reached within 35 minutes, former U.S. president Bill Clinton told the Lebanon-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper in an interview published Sunday.
Clinton said Israel and Syria were...
Israel’s Terror Release Policy Grabs Specter’s Attention Again
When U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, heard the story in 2002 of Palestinian terrorist Nasser Abu Hamid, PLO Marwan Barghouti's right-hand man, he was stunned.
In December 2002,...
Anatomy of the Azmi Bishara Affair
A little more than two years ago, Jewish organizations throughout the United States made a decision to organize a fundraising campaign to help members of Israel's Arab community, which numbers more than one million...