Monthly Archives: April 2008

Foreign Matters

'The Bulletin' Puts The Tough Questions To Obama's Middle East Gurus

20 Middle East Policy Questions to Ask Candidates Running for Public of Office in...

I have spent the past week covering Middle East policy issues during the presidential primaries in Pennsylvania, in my capacity as the Middle East correspondent for the Philadelphia Bulletin. I find that people hesitate about...

A Diary of Insight in Middle East Reporting

Posting: April 17, 2008 "Carter's Destruction" Today is the day that Jimmy Carter -in defiance of requests from several quarters that he not do so-is going to be meeting with officials from Hamas. To achieve peace,...

Daniel Kurtzer, Candidate for Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Obama: His Record on Israel...

1. Spending a career pushing US policy makers to pressure Israel into accepting Arafat and the PLO as a "moderate" peace partner. http://ibn.worldmedianetworks.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=1176&q=1 http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/obamas_new_foreign_policy_advi.html 2. Insensitivity to official Palestinian Authority anti-semitism http://ibn.worldmedianetworks.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=1846&q=1 http://ibn.worldmedianetworks.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=1898&q=1 3. Nurturing an Islamic Sharia-based constitution for...

Abbas Honors Terrorists Convicted Of Multiple Murders

Jerusalem - Two convicted Arab terrorists today will receive the Jerusalem Medal Award, the highest decoration in the Palestinian Authority (PA), which is bestowed by PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, described as a "moderate" by...

Israeli Air Force Strikes In Gaza

Jerusalem - Israeli aircraft attacked at around midnight yesterday in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip. Ibrahim Abu Ilba, a senior Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) operative, was killed in the...

Mortars Fired At Israel Defense Forces’ Southern Command

Jerusalem - Terrorists in Gaza continue to aim their weapons at senior Israeli figures. Two weeks ago, they opened fire at the entourage of Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter, wounding his aide. And on...

Details Of Attack On Syrian Nuclear Reactor To Be Revealed To Congress

The details of the attack in Syria on Sept. 6 will not be revealed in public by the U.S. Congress. Israel has agreed to a hearing in Congress, but it will take place behind closed doors with the members of the committee on the matter.

Palestinians Attack Fuel Terminal

A few seconds before terrorists infiltrated the fuel terminal of Nahal Oz on Wednesday, the manager on the Palestinian side of the Karni crossing phoned his Israeli counterpart to warn of what was about to happen.

Israeli Soldier Killed In Gaza

Staff Sgt. Sayef Bisan, 21, of the Druze village of Jat in western Galilee, was killed in an exchange of fire with Palestinian terrorists in a Tuesday night IDF operation against terror infrastructure in the southern Gaza Strip.