Monthly Archives: January 2009

Simple Questions for a Complex Situation

The Israeli-Hamas conflict, with its evocative images of human suffering, has engaged the hearts and minds of people the world over. Indeed, the death of any innocent - Israeli or Palestinian - is a...

Report: Iran Expected To Increase Influence In Gaza

A report issued by the Jerusalem Institute for Public Affairs indicates Iranian influence in the Gaza Strip likely will increase in the wake of the recent Hamas-Israeli conflict. The report, released by the agency directed...

Weapons Smuggling From Gaza Renewed

Assaf Shariv, the Israeli Consul in New York, told The Bulletin Thursday the Israeli government is “extremely concerned” that Palestinian terror groups have started rebuilding the arms tunnels in Rafah. The tunnels, located along...

Mitchell, A Mideast Envoy With A Tendentious Legacy

Following President Obama’s appointment of former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell of Maine as his Middle East envoy, it may be instructive to remember the tendentiousness of George Mitchell’s 2001 report titled “The Mitchell Report...

Islamic Terrorists Forming Cells In America

Abdurahman Alamoudi, former president of the American Muslim Foundation, actively raised money for Hezbollah as well as Hamas. (Rachel Griffith/UPI) Hezbollah could be one of the first security challenges faced by the new Obama administration....

Despite Cease-Fire: Day Of Battle On Gaza Strip Border

A Palestinian boy looks up from the entrance of a smuggling tunnel on the Palestinian side of the border between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt and Rafah in the south of Gaza Strip...

Revealed: Israel Killed Iranian Operatives In Gaza

Documentation obtained from the Middle East Newsline reveals a direct connection between Iran and the Islamic militants Israel fought during its recent Gaza offensive. It reveals that Iranian military advisers from Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary...

Armed Hamas Men Return To The Streets Of Gaza

Social workers from humanitarian organizations that have been working in Gaza over the past few says report Hamas armed men have returned to the streets, this time in uniform. According to the reports, they are...

Israeli Seriously Wounded In Terror Attack East Of Ramallah

An Israeli civilian sustained serious injuries on Monday night in a shooting attack near the community of Kochav Hashahar, to the east of Ramallah. His wife, who was with him in the car, was...

Israel Pulls Out Of Gaza

Israeli government sources are saying Israel pulled its troops out of Gaza yesterday to avoid upstaging President Barack Obama’s inauguration.
 However, 1,200 rockets remain in Hamas’ arsenal in Gaza, according to intelligence assessments, despite Israel’s...