Monthly Archives: January 2009
Olmert’s Legacy
Israel's daily newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, has revealed details of the meeting held between outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and U.S. special envoy George Mitchell. In the meeting Mr. Olmert detailed commitments that he had...
Perspective on UNRWA and Terror
The pressure group Arab Media Watch has put out a statement claiming that my observation in my Daily Mail column yesterday, that
Hamas has intercepted dozens of aid trucks and confiscated food and medical supplies...
Hamas tried to hijack ambulances during war
PALESTINIAN civilians living in Gaza during the three-week war with Israel have spoken of the challenge of being caught between Hamas and Israeli soldiers as the radical Islamic movement that controls the Gaza strip...
Perpspective of Prof. Efraim Inbar
IMRA contacted Prof. Efraim Inbar to ask him about his proposal fr Egypt and Jordan to control the Gaza Strip and West Bank respectively (see below):
IMRA: It doesn't require a particularly fertile imagination to...
Can The Fatah Option Work in Gaza
Israel's three-week military operation in Gaza in December-January has raised the issue of the possible return of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah party to Gaza to replace the Hamas regime. The...
Navy Refuses To Disarm Vessel Headed To Gaza
President Barack Obama has announced that the U.S. will convene an international conference to stem arms flow to Gaza.
Next week, the representatives from the U.S., E.U., Israel and possibly Egypt will meet in Copenhagen,...
Islamic Terrorists Forming Cells In America:Hezbollah Expected To Be A Major Threat By 2014
Hezbollah could be one of the first security challenges faced by the new Obama administration. An official government report concludes the Iranian-backed Islamic terror group has been forming sleeper cells throughout the United States...
German Jews Boycott German Government Memorial For Murdered Jews
Staging an unprecedented protest, the German Jewish Community Council decided to boycott the official German government state ceremony marking international Holocaust Memorial Day. The event, held on Tuesday at the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, in...
Surge In North American Jews Considering Immigration To Israel
In the wake of the current global economic crisis, a 100-percent rise in the number of Jewish citizens of the United States and Canada who inquired about immigrating to Israel was recorded in the...
Israeli Air Force Reprisal Attack Reaffirms Gaza Intent
Yesterday morning, Israel Air Force (IAF) aircraft bombed Hamas smuggling tunnels on the Gaza Strip’s southern border in response to the attack against an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) patrol near the area of Kibbutz...