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The shock of No Confidence

Up until yesterday evening the partial Winograd report troubled three people. As of this morning it needs to trouble us all. Not to trouble....

Commentary on the War Commission Report

To date, we are seeing the following in response to the interim Winograd report: A special Cabinet meeting was held today. A committee, chaired by...

The Iran-Hamas Alliance: Threat and Folly

Perspectives Paper No. 28, May, 2007 www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/perspectives28.html Since the US invasion of Iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Iran has taken on the behavior of a regional hegemon....

U.S. sets dates for Israeli, Palestinian moves

The Bush administration has drawn up an eight-month timetable setting dates for when Israeli and Palestinian leaders would complete steps meant to bolster prospects...

Sources: Olmert won’t respond because no Israelis killed

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert today decided against carrying out a large-scale offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to a massive Hamas rocket attack...

Commetary: Post Independence Day Observations

Two pieces have come to my attention that I would like to share. The first is by Michael Freund, who, in "A Broom and...

Palestinian Authority (PA) Cheerleading Increasing Terror Attacks

Palestinian terrorists staged a massive series of rocket and mortar attacks along Israel's southern border in an apparent attempt to abduct another Israeli soldier,...

HIAS Calls for CNN to Fire Lou Dobbs After Comparisons to Nazis

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which has helped more than 4.5 million people in its 125-year history, is calling for the dismissal of Lou...

An Opium Market Mystery

Something strange is going on in the global opium market, and it could spell trouble. Opium is a commodity -- an illegal commodity, but it...

Senior Editor of Israel TV Channel One comments on BBC Tendentiousness

I learned the name of a British citizen, one Steven Sugar, after following the battle that he is waging (on my behalf as well,...