Monthly Archives: June 2008

Incisive Insight into the News in Israel

"The Blessing" Here in Israel, we have just completed the holiday of Shavuot, which -- marking the receiving of the Torah at Sinai -- is the culmination of the Exodus from Egypt celebrated at Pesach....

Report: Iran Moves Assets Out Of Europe

Iran has suddenly withdrawn $75 billion of assets from Europe, anticipating threatened European Union sanctions over Tehran's alleged nuclear ambitions, the credible gulfinthemedia.com news Web site reports. Iran's refusal to suspend nuclear-enrichment activities, a process...

Incisive Commentary

Posting: June 6, 2008 "Shifting" The situation. Sometimes I see us simply going in the most frustrating circles, but now (very tentatively) I see a shift in some of what we're dealing with. We might start with...

Why Israel Conquered The Golan Heights

The course of history can be changed by the determination of one man who stands up for what he believes in when he is listened to by people who are in a position of...

It’s relatively quiet in the Western Negev…is that so?

Three mortars landed in Kibbutz Kfar Aza Wednesday afternoon, according to Oded Plut, coordinator of emergency services for the Sha'ar HaNegev kibbutzim. One landed in the residential area of the kibbutz, damaging two houses,...

Dialogue with Arab students

On Thursday evening, May 29, a group of Israeli and Arab college students were aired live on Al Jazeera from Haifa from where they participated in a special two-hour program. The college students, who...

Property Tax Authority – Enough!

Which is worse? Having your home being hit by a Kassam, or dealing with "Property Tax Authority" afterwards? Many residents of Sderot, whose homes and property were damaged by terrorist activities, have to live...

Father Of Three Murdered By Palestinian Mortar Attack

Jerusalem - Amnon Rosenberg, 51, father of three, was killed and three wounded Thursday morning when a mortar fired from northern Gaza hit a manufacturing facility of the Nirlat Group on Kibbutz Nir Oz...

Western Diplomats Holding Secret Talks With Hamas

The Council for the National Interest, a group of former American diplomats, met on Monday with the Palestinian prime minister in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh. One of the diplomats, Richard Waits, who in...

Hamas Establishes Cells Inside Israel

Jerusalem - The Middle East Newsline has confirmed from highly-placed sources in the Israeli intelligence community that Hamas has established operational cells in the Jewish state. Israeli intelligence has determined that Hamas set up cells...