Dennis Ross, Now the Head of the “Washington Institute for Near East Policy”, Speaks...

Berkeley, California, October 16th --- Dennis Ross, chief negotiator of the Oslo agreement came to the UC Berkeley campus today to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. Ross, who personally negotiated between Yasser Arafat and Ehud...

“Between Palestine and Hamastine”

"Our situation is firm, we are expecting an upheaval." This was the closing sentence of the latest report sent from Hamas headquarters in the territories to the headquarters in Syria. The strengthening of Hamas...

Media Scrambles For Rooftops in Tel Aviv

The attack in Iraq has not begun yet and no special alert has been declared yet in Israel, but the foreign media is already preparing for the possibility that missiles will fall in the...

Will Iraq Aim its Missiles at Incoming Flights to Ben Gurion Airport in Israel?

Israel is concerned that Iraq may attempt to strike civil aviation at Ben-Gurion International Airport as part of its response to a U.S.-led offensive to oust Saddam Hussein. Western intelligence analysts also say that Iraq...

“Keep a Low Profile on Iraq”

The United States asked Israel to "keep a low profile" about Iraq for fear that statements by senior Israeli officials could sabotage its efforts to obtain international support in the coming war. The Americans said...

Rosh Hashanah: A Newsman’s Perspective

This is a year which began as I scrambled to get on a plane back to Israel in time for Rosh HaShanah, after being stuck in New York at the time of the September...

The Interview with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in the Guardian

Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has always wielded more clout than the size of his 280,000 strong flock would suggest, but now he has embarked on his most ambitious mission yet: to map out a...

Israel Chief of Staff Speaks His Mind

Yaalon: "The Palestinians are an existential threat: Iraq is not." Yedioth Ahronoth (p. 2) by Rami Hazut -- "If we don't win this war against the Palestinians,we will find ourselves facing a threat of cancer-like...

Briefing with Defence Expert Richard Perle Concerning Saudi Arabia

A briefing given last month to a top Pentagon advisory board described Saudi Arabia as an enemy of the United States, and recommended that U.S. officials give it an ultimatum to stop backing terrorism...

TV tapes of PA Awards Ceremony for the Families of Suicide Bombers

At a time when the tragedy of civilian casualties in the middle east is so widely discussed, and at a time when a good portion of world opinion and even Israeli public opinion has...