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Israel only has itself to blame for bringing Arafat on to the scene. The question remains as to when and whether Israel will sever its umbilical cord to the PLO leader. The Israeli government in...

On May 2nd, 2004, the opposition in Israel suceeded in overwhelmingly defeating PM Sharon in the Likud referendum. How? By training people to appeal to the Likud electorate and to the media with a universal message...

This week Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was reminded of an officer by the name of Amnon Schwartzburg, a member of Kibbutz Beit Alpha, whom he had recommended for a favorable citation after the paratrooper...

Statement by MP Fiamma Nirenstein, vice-president of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Chairperson of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) "We witnessed today a complete political overthrow of Italy's...

In the ongoing dispute over weapons shipments between the United States and Israel, two possibilities emerge: either Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lying, or the Americans are being dishonest. After careful examination, the latter...

http://nationalinterest.org/print/commentary/al-qaedas-resurgence-7463?page=1 Sixteen months after the killing of Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda has achieved an impressive resurgence. Its “eastern strategy” of using Afghanistan and Iraq as springboards to expand in a southwesterly direction has been...

MK Aida Touma-Suleiman - Jews have no rights within Jerusalem since it is under occupation Dr. Aaron Lerner 17 April 2022 In a live interview on the noon news program of Israel Radio Reshet Bet Arab Joint List...

There is a popular computer game called “bubble shooters” in which the aim is to burst as many bubbles as possible and amass points. A definition of bursting bubbles is “shattering illusions and delusions.” Michael Kuttner These...

On the 5th May, 1998, I attended a rally held by the "Mishkan Ohalim" organization, at Gan HaAtzmaut (the Independence Gardens), in Jerusalem. Present at the rally were some members of 1,500 families who suffered...