Monthly Archives: October 2011

Gilad Shalit: Israel Succumbs to Ransom

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10720#.TpWVB5sr2so When Israel succumbs to the ransom demanded by a regime which has kidnapped a citizen of the free world, that creates a precedent that will reverberate across the globe. Despite their desire to see Cpl....

Strategic Notes on the Gilad Shalit Prisoner Exchange

http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/10/12/strategic- notes-on-the-gilad-prisoner-exchange/?singlepage=true There are some substantial misunderstandings on the nature of the Gilad Shalit exchange deal. I should stress that the list of those Palestinian prisoners being given in exchange for him has not yet been...

Anatomy of a deal

http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/ CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-4134431,00.html The military impasse, the stands taken by the Shin Bet and the Mossad, Hamas elasticizing its stance, the Arab Spring and the Palestinian bid in the UN - all of these contributed to Prime...

Op-Ed: Hanan Porat, Man of Kiruv: An Accidental Connection

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10690#.To6od5sr2so Between Purim and Pesach in 1973, while learning at Pardes Institute in its first year, as I was just crossing the Rubicon to become an observant Jew, the opportunity presented itself to visit Kibbutz...

The Olive Tree Initiative and Terror

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/06/the-olive-tree-initiative-and-terror-1-1/ The danger of sending American college students on Olive Tree Initiative trips to the West Bank was underscored by the recent discovery of 13 Hamas terror cells and a foiled suicide bombing plot in...

Teaching Journalists How to Report on Jihad

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/06/journalism-and-jihad/ Muslim-American advocacy groups with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR ) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC ), are on a mission to combat what they...

It Isn’t Israel in Danger of Disappearing, It’s The People Who Think That Way

http://www.gloria-center.org/2011/10/it-isn%E2%80%99t- israel-in-danger-of-disappearing-it%E2%80%99s-the-people-who-think-that-way/ “...never send to know for whom the bell tolls It tolls for thee.” -John Dunne Rome, Italy I’m standing on the edge of the Roman Forum, by the Arch of Titus. This is the marble structure built by...

Nuclear arms expert says it would be foolish for canada to sell Jordan nuclear...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1529&sec=1&title= NUCLEAR_ARMS_EXPERT_SAYS_IT_WOULD_BE_FOOLISH_FOR_CANADA_ TO_SELL_JORDAN_NUCLEAR_REACTOR:_CANADA_ON_SHORT_LIST_TO_SELL Arms control expert Gerald Steinberg has taken issue with the presence of Canada on a recent short list to help Jordan construct a nuclear reactor to generate energy for civilian purposes. Canada is one of...

UNRWA in its Present Form; Impediment to Peace in the Middle East

A Middle East peace process ensued 34 years ago, when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made an unprecedented middle east peace effort, when he proclaimed a new policy of peace and reconciliation with Israel. Sadat...

A New Palestinian State Could Deny Citizenship to 45 Percent of All Palestinian ‘Refugees’

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-new-palestinian-state- could-deny-citizenship-to-45-percent-of-all-palestinian-refugees/ comment-page-2/?corder=desc#comments As the Palestinian Authority scrambles for UN recognition of an independent state, few have mentioned the apparently very real possibility that, if successful, nearly half of the world’s Palestinian refugees - including those currently...