NATO To Israeli Minister: ‘Don’t Count On Us To Act Against Iran’

Leading NATO officials believe that Israel, ultimately, will be forced to cope alone with the Iranian nuclear program. This was reported recently by Israel Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman to Israel Prime Minister Ehud...

Defection of an Iranian General: Iranian Nuclear Secrets Revealed

Leading Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergmann has confirmed that General Ali Reza Askari, who disappeared in Istanbul last February and about whom many guesses were published about what had happened to him, defected to...

Proposed Palestinian State – US Asset or Liability?

1. THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSED PALESTINIAN STATE, AND ITS IMPACT ON REGIONAL STABILITY, TERRORISM AND AMERICAN INTERESTS AND VALUES are attested by the raging Palestinian civil war and by the track record of...

In a Place Where There Are No Men

Member of Knesset Haim Ramon missed 161 days of work. The Knesset regulations state clearly how many days a member is allowed to be absent as well as how he is to be penalized:...

“Our ‘Friend’ Fatah”

During World War One, Germany concluded that its chief ally, Austria-Hungary, was more of a burden than an asset. As one German official put it, that alliance was like being "shackled to a corpse." And...

Iranian Sponsorship of Fatah

As the Palestinian internecine violence in Gaza becomes increasingly severe, alarm in Israel and the US about what is going to happen there grows apace. The prevailing wisdom, promoted for some time now, is...

Sderot under attack

We visited Sderot yesterday. Leaving Nitzan we gave a lift to a Gush Katif student learning in the Sderot Hesder Yeshiva combining Torah studies and army service. "How are you holding on?" I asked. "Okay. It's...

Remarks by U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton

In response to a question about Israel's security raised by subcommittee ranking member Mike Pence (R-Indiana), Dayton assured the members, "Nothing we do to strengthen the Palestinian's security capability will be targeted against Israel......

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. Indeed, Ahmadinejad speaks and acts as if he is the...

Hamas Launches Missile Attacks On Israel’s Independence Day: World Surprises Israel And Recognizes Hamas...

The Palestinian-operated Ma'an news agency reported yesterday that Hamas, the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority, took responsibility for launching more than 80 missiles into the Israeli communities that border Gaza during Israel's Independence...