Commentary: The Reactivated Peace Process?

Barry Rubin, in his most recent column, lists "four phony panaceas, which will clearly not work." These are quick fixes that a very foolish and nearsighted world is promoting. Rubin says, not only will...

UN REPORT – HIZBULLAH USED Al Qaida-aligned MERCERNARIES AGAINST ISRAEL

Hizbullah recruited nearly 1,000 Al Qaida-aligned Sunnis to fight Israel in the war in Lebanon in mid-2006. A United Nations report said at least 720 Sunnis from Somalia were recruited by Hizbullah to fight Israel...

Commentary: The BLair Plan to Engage Syria and Iran and more…

Tony Blair today urged the world to engage Iran and Syria to advance the peace process in the Middle East. I am not making this up, though you might be temped to think so....

Commentary: Gaza, Israel’s Military Position, and more

An initial report has been delivered on what happened in Gaza: apparently a malfunction in the radar of the artillery battery. Defense Secretary Peretz has now ordered a review of artillery fire procedures and...

Why Israel Watches The US Elections

A question most often asked in the Israeli government is whether a win by the Democratic Party in congressional elections would accelerate expected changes in U.S. policy in the Middle East. If Democrats carry out...

IRAN DISPLAYS MASSIVE STRIKE CAPABILITY

Iran has demonstrated its capability to launch a massive missile strike in the Gulf. Western intelligence sources said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps succeeded in a test that concentrated massive missile and rocket fire in...

Commentary: Fighting Defeatism, in the USA and in Israel

Last night a reader asked me for a repeat of the reasons why I think the US should stay in Iraq. I gave him not just a repeat, but an expansion of my original...

ISRAEL PREPARES FOR COOLER U.S. RELATIONS

Israel has begun to examine the prospect of cooler relations with the United States. Officials said the Israel Foreign Ministry has been drafting studies on the ramifications of the November 7 elections for Congress as...

PA WEAPONS ENTER THROUGH EGYPTIAN PORT

Israel has determined that Iranian-financed weapons to the Palestinian Authority flow through a port in Egypt. Israeli officials said many of the weapons ordered by the Hamas-led PA and aligned insurgency groups stem from Sudan's...

Commentary: Terrifying Times…

These are difficult times; no, terrifying times. And so I find I must call upon my readers once and again to be activist -- to move beyond just reading what I write, and to...