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Israel’s Failing Strategy

When PM Olmert, DM Peretz and COS Halutz snap back at their critics that the IDF is already doing everything it can to stop...

Sderot; A Town Under Siege

The international outrage machine is ginned up again, and all but seven members of the U.N. General Assembly recently voted to condemn Israel for...

Of clowns and Kassams

It's Thursday morning, and we're awakened at about the same hour we usually are this week by the sound of sirens, seemingly set to...

Commentary: The Baker-Hamilton Report, Syria, and More

Recommendations of the Baker Hamilton Commission on how to proceed in Iraq have not been formally announced as yet, but they have been leaked....

Prime Minister’s Advisor Rebukes Noam Bedein’s November 17th article, on this website: ” Parents...

November 19th, 2006 David Bedein Bureau Chief, Israel Resource News Agency Beit Agron Int'l Press Center 37 Hillel Street Jerusalem 94581 Israel tel. 02 530...

DEFENSE MINISTRY OPPOSED TO FORTIFYING HOUSES AGAINST KASSAM ROCKETS

(translation by ISRAEL NEWS TODAY) The Defense Ministry is opposed to the proposal to fortify all the residential homes exposed to Kassam rocket fire, at...

Israeli Overflights in Lebanon Represent no Threat Whatsover to UNIFIL: Nothwithstanding, UNIFIL Feels Threatened

Today, the Israeli cabinet secretary assured the Israeli press corp that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has no plans whatsover to attack...

HAMAS INTENSIFIES USE OF DUAL-ENGINE ROCKETS WITH 12.5 KM RANGE

The Kassam rockets that were fired at Ashkelon two weeks ago and which led to the fatal shelling of Beit Hanoun were dual-engine rockets,...

Commentary: The Danger of Hudna

This past week Ma'ariv reported on a tentative plan being worked on, and reportedly covertly discussed between Israelis and Palestinians, that would involve a...

Hamas has established a control center for missile strikes against Israel

Hamas has been operating a C2 center to coordinate Kassam-class, short-range missile attacks against Israel. Israeli military sources said Hamas, with help from the...