Daily Archives: February 20, 2009

On Wednesday, the outgoing Israel government's Security Cabinet approved Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's proposal to link the Israeli POW Cpl. Gilad Shalit's release to any future security arrangement with the Hamas. Now, say government sources...

An international conference on anti-Semitism convened this week in London, in the wake of the sharpest anti-Semitic awakening in Eastern and Central Europe since the Holocaust. Hungary, for example, is now considered one of the...

Israel’s security establishment has revealed new weaponry that was most recently employed in the recent incursion into Gaza. The weaponry was revealed by Israeli ground forces, and the most interesting item was the new robots...

The Middle East Newsline has confirmed reports that Egypt, amid a troop buildup, has staged a series of military exercises in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian military completed a major 10-day multi-service exercise last month. The exercise...

The Kremlin is changing its position. “Hamas Political Bureau Director Khaled Mashal is not welcome in Moscow,” a government official told the Israeli Ma’ariv daily, “if he wishes, Mashal can visit as a tourist...

On Wednesday night, official results of the Israeli elections for 120 seats in the Israeli Knesset were announced. According to Israeli law, the president of Israel receives the results of the elections and then bestows...

With Israel's Gaza campaign against Hamas and the Israeli election in the past, Israel must now contend with its next challenge - Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. Although Mr. Abbas has been broadly...

Israel's intelligence community has determined that Egypt, despite numerous operations in 2008, failed to reduce the weapons flow to the Hamas regime in Gaza. The Israel Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/site/home/default.asp ) reports that...

Israel's intelligence community has determined that Egypt, despite numerous operations in 2008, failed to reduce the weapons flow to the Hamas regime in Gaza. The Middle East Newsline has confirmed that the U.S. law enforcement...

It warned of a retaliatory attack by Hezbollah to mark the anniversary of the death of Imad Mughniyah, a high-ranking operative of the organization, in February of last year. An attack by Hezbollah against Israeli...