Monthly Archives: November 2008

Obama Distances Himself From Malley

The Obama transition team is working to distance itself from a controversial negotiator who has been negotiating with Israel's enemies. Robert Malley, Middle East director of the International Crisis Group, a think tank that has...

King Of Jordan Pleads With Israeli Leaders Not To Attack Gaza

With increasing demands by Israeli government cabinet ministers to launch a large-scale operation in Gaza in order to put a stop to the Gaza bombardment on Sderot and Ashkelon, a senior Israel political source...

PLO Promotes League Of Arab Nations Initiative To Israeli Public

On Thursday, the PLO Negotiation Department took the unusual move of sponsoring an advertisement from the League of Arab Nations in the major Israeli media. The ad proclaimed that "57 Arab and Islamic states will...

Hamas Prepared To End Cease-Fire

Hamas has issued a statement that it was "prepared for a confrontation with Israel" and for the end of the cease-fire with Israel. Hamas' Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades threatened to "turn the cease-fire tables...

US Reports Hezbollah Training Forces In Iraq

The Middle East Newsline confirms that Hezbollah has become a major trainer of Iranian-sponsored Shiite militias in Iraq. ¨ Iran has sponsored the so-called Hezbollah Brigades, or Katai'b Hezbollah, in Iraq to attack U.S. and...

More Gaza Rocket Attacks On The Western Negev

Eight Qassam rockets were fired at communities in the Western Negev's Eshkol Regional Council yesterday morning. There were no reports of injuries, but several houses were damaged. Residents of the Eshkol Regional Council were ordered...

Israel Blasts UN High Commissioner For Refugees

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has issued a scathing denunciation of the United Nations High Commisisoner of Refugees. The condemnation attacks what the ministry refers to as the "high commissioner's utterly shortsighted press release regarding the...

Israeli Shot And Wounded In West Bank Terror Attack

Yisrael Shiriyun, a resident of the Shavei Shomron community and the father of six, sustained moderate injuries yesterday from gunshots fired from the Arab village Funduk, which is near Kedumim. The terror attack occurred...

Panic Returns To The Western Negev

Over the weekend, approximately 20 Qassam rockets, Grad rockets and mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip at communities in the southwestern region of Israel. Most of the rockets were fired on Friday,...

Obama Distances Himself From Malley

The Obama transition team is working to distance itself from a controversial negotiator who has been negotiating with Israel's enemies. Robert Malley, Middle East director of the International Crisis Group, a think tank that has...