Daily Archives: October 31, 2008

Barack Obama, Jewish-Americans And Israel

From a personal and professional perspective, this is the sixth American Presidential campaign that I have covered from Israel, concentrating on the "Israel aspect" of the story. This time I not only have covered the...

Incisive Insight in the News

Posting: October 29, 2008 "Does This Matter?" To me it matters a lot: It's being reported that French president Nicholas Sarkozy thinks Obama's position on Iran is "utterly immature" and comprised of "formulations empty of all content." Sarkozy...

After fourty-four failures, Phillies fan finally ‘fesses ’64 folly

A common theme of Catholicism and Judaism involves the command to confess your sins. While Catholics often confess their sins to their clerics, Jews confess their sins to the community at large. With the news...

Bush Presses Olmert To Come To DC – If Police Allow Him To Leave...

Jerusalem - Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Wednesday he would be traveling to Washington to meet with President George W. Bush. A statement issued by the Israel Prime Minister's Office indicated the meeting...

Hamas Rocket Strikes Sderot

Jerusalem - Thursday morning at 7:47 local time, a "red alert" alarm sounded yet again throughout the city of Sderot. A rocket fired from Gaza landed in an open area in the open field...

Fruits Of The Cease-Fire With Israel: Hamas Now Operates 400 Terror Tunnels

Jerusalem - The Middle East Newsline has confirmed that Hamas has used the six-month, cease-fire period, which began June 19, to operate at least 400 smuggling tunnels from Egypt into Gaza, with Israeli constrained...