Monthly Archives: June 2008

Former ISS (Shabak) section chief Menachem Landau slams PM Olmert’s plans to release more...

Former ISS (Shabak) section chief Menachem Landau slammed PM Ehud Olmert's plans to release more Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to PA head Mahmoud Abbas in a live interview broadcast on Israel Radio's...

Two-Week Ultimatum Given For Truce With Gaza

Jerusalem - The Israel government's inner security cabinet gave those in charge of the effort to secure a truce agreement with Hamas in the Gaza Strip two weeks to accomplish their task. If the rocket...

Israel’s High Court of Justice: Convicted Palestinian Will Not Be Executed

Israel's High Court of Justice: Convicted Palestinian Will Not Be Executed Shurat HaDin has been informed by Israeli government sources that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has made formal assurances that it will not carry out...

She’s not all pure: An Assessment of Tzippi Livni

While it is certainly time for Israel to once again have a woman prime minister - if only to make life uncomfortable for Shas and the other chauvinists around the cabinet table - this...

Antisemitism Embedded in British Culture

Antisemitism has been present in Great Britain for almost a thousand years of recorded history. In the twelfth century, Catholic medieval Britain was a persecutory society, particularly when it came to Jews. It pioneered...

U.S. Government delaying provision of evidence against Olmert

Yediot Ahronot correspondent Tova Tzimuki reports today that the U.S. Justice Department has already delayed approving the opening of financial and legal records relating to the Israeli investigation of Talansky and the transfer of...

Friendly Foreign Leader Snubs Israel: Symptom of Israel’s Moral Leadership Crisis

Not many foreign heads of state stand up for Israel. When that does happen, it is newsworthy. Such is the case with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. During the Summer 2006 Lebanon conflict, Harper rejected calls...

Syria reiterates Support to the Palestinian people, al-Mikdad says [i.e, Right of Return]

Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal al-Mikdad on Tuesday renewed Syria's support to the Palestinian people and their fair cause until their lands are liberated and the Palestinian refugees are back home. "Syria is working to help...

Sign Of Life From Israeli POW

Jerusalem - In what some have said is an effective strategy to manipulate the Israeli news media, the Hamas terror groups that have held Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shalit, for the...