U.S. Firms on List Aided Iraq Arms Development
United Nations -- Iraq's 12,000-page declaration of its weapons programs lists American companies that provided materials used by Baghdad to develop chemical and biological weapons in the 1980s, according to a senior Iraqi official.
The...
Geneva Sellout
On Monday, an agreement will be signed by Israelis and Palestinians.
This "Geneva accord" has gotten much attention. And the signing itself will be greeted with much hoopla. Journalists are being flown in from around...
OCCUPATION Vs GENOCIDE
An Israeli journalist, a friend of mine, was recently invited on an American radio program to debate the Middle East situation with a colleague, an Arab-American. Like many such debates, this one was a...
Ari Shavit interviews former COS Ya’alon – slams the disengagement
... General (res.) Moshe Ya'alon, the chief of staff until shortly before the disengagement, spoke passionately by telephone from his current place of residence in Washington....
Lieutenant General (res.) Moshe Ya'alon: "There is no doubt...
Jenin Redux: UNRWA Once Again Misleads the Media
Four years ago, Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield in response to a spate of horrendous suicide bombings. The theater of operations was the West Bank, specifically the UNRWA refugee camp in Jenin, referred to...
Commnetary
Aaron Lerner, director of IMRA, has put out his weekly commentary. He calls it "Wake up call: Dumbo crashes in Gaza." The message, people think elephants can fly, but guess what? They can't. As...
ISRAEL PLANS MAJOR OPERATION IN GAZA
Israel's military has been developing plans for a major offensive in the Gaza Strip.
The General Staff has renewed plans for a permanent presence in the southern Gaza Strip in an effort to halt arms...
Reflections on New Reality in Israel
I once had my private life. I raised a family, a business, a home-thank God. I voted for a different party each election. Even the Pensioners Party once got my vote. What suddenly came...
Commentary: Expectations of War and Terror
Yesterday a report from a high ranking officer in the Southern Command was made public: Palestinians released in prisoner exchanges, he said, "always return to terrorism." Always. That's pretty clear, and pretty direct as...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: December 13, 2007
"When Does It Get Better?"
"The resignation of Sderot's mayor constitutes a great victory for the Palestinian resistance. This is a political victory, a victory for morale, it adds to the humiliation...