Monthly Archives: January 2009

When Is A Cease-Fire Not Considered A Cease-Fire?

As journalists cover complex Middle East negotiations, wire services often interpret the lulls in hostilities as an armistice or a cease-fire, reminiscent in the western mind to the end of hostilities in World War...

Natural Gas Reserves Off Of Haifa Coast

A historic natural gas discovery was reported yesterday, which resulted from exploratory drilling 56 miles west of Haifa. The exact value of the natural gas reservoir is still not known; however, according to estimates,...

Israeli Officials Optimistic Of Possible Shalit Release

On the day after Israel's self-imposed cease-fire in Gaza, a new assessment is emerging in Israel that the recent three-week Israeli Israeli military incursion into Gaza could accelerate a deal for the release of...

Anatomy Of Israel’s Cease-Fire Declaration

There has not been such unity of purpose in Israel in more than 40 years. The unity of purpose in Israel stems from the current intolerable situation that finds 1 million Israeli citizens hunkered in...

Hamas Thumbs Nose At Cease-Fire

After the Israel government security cabinet’s statement on Saturday night in which the Israeli government announced a unilateral cease-fire in Gaza, Hamas fired a barrage of five Grad rockets at the Beersheba region and...

Sderot Challenge

Many countries' responses and reactions to the current fighting of the Arab-Israeli conflict are more or less to condemn Israel's military actions inside the Gaza Strip. These responses paint the picture that the only...

Anatomy of Israel’s Cease Fire Declaration: Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

There has not been such unity of purpose in Israel in more than forty years. That unity of purpose in Israel stems from the current intolerable situation which finds one million Israeli citizens who now...

Analysis: The IDF War in Gaza

"It Smells" Still last night I had a bit of a "wait and see" attitude: We're still in Gaza, if Hamas hits us we may start again. Who knows. Well, now we know. Hamas has just...

Where Hamas Gets Its Money

Amid international condemnation of Israel, one would never guess that humanitarian aid and even cash is flowing into Hamas coffers, while its rockets continue to hit Israel. It is important to alleviate the suffering of...

Gaza War ‘Cease-Fire’ Mistakenly Reported

Throughout the day and evening on Thursday, Israeli government TV and Israel government radio newsreels glorified Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit for achieving a “cease-fire” on Wednesday that Hamas has accepted. The agreement...