Monthly Archives: November 2014

The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount | Photo credit: AFP

Blood libel

The wheels of justice grind slowly, at times too slowly. "The most beautiful moments in our lifetimes will come when we will meet Allah once the martyrs are on his ground, that of the Al-Aqsa...

Hamas Activates Jerusalem Cells

Israel has determined that Hamas activated operational cells in Jerusalem. Officials said the intelligence community has assessed that Hamas was activating operational cells based in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem. They said the cells included those released in the...

Israel sees sharp rise in tourists from Arab states

The warming relations between Israel and the moderate Muslim world on the backdrop of the crisis with Iran and the global jihad threat can be felt in the tourism industry as well. The past six...

The Next President’s Mideast Mess

Under normal circumstances, this combination of tensions would long ago have made America and Israel bitter antagonists, if not outright enemies. But these two democracies—one, the world’s oldest; the other, its most boisterous—share remarkably...

Lack of response of US AID and US embassy ​to HAMAS collusion with UNRWA

​Two US government entities in Tel Aviv will not respond to continued Hamas involvement with UNRWA, which would raise questions about the legality of continued US assistance to UNRWA, since it is illegal for...

Israeli Intelligence l Agencies Clash Over Hamas War

Israel's top intelligence agencies have erupted into an open feud over responsibility for the Hamas war in mid-2014. In what reflected growing tension amid official inquiries, Military Intelligence and the Israel Security Agency have begun issuing claims...

Foreign ambassadors undergo hasbara on Temple Mount violence

More than 60 foreign ambassadors and diplomats gathered on Wednesday at the Foreign Ministry for a special briefing held by Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino and Deputy Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi on the escalation of...

Suicide Nation: Competing Pathologies in the State of Israel

With this Third Intifada (2014-?) overtly underway, the bleeding season is once again in full swing in Israel. Jews are being murdered in increasingly resourceful ways by Palestinian Arabs manifesting their insatiable bloodlust. But...

Iranian Nuclear Negotiator: ‘We Can’t Just Turn Back the Clock’

SPIEGEL ONLINE: How big is the risk that the negotiations between Iran and the West will fail? ANZEIGE Takht Ravanchi: We definitely are at a critical stage. There is not very much time left before Nov....