General Assembly of Jewish Federations Gathers in Philadelphia Under a Cloud of War

It is difficult for any large organization to switch gears. The United Jewish Communities The UJC of North America, which comprises all major Jewish organizations in North America, gathers this week for its annual "General...

Terror in the North, Nabil Shaath, Accountability for Terror Attack in Jerusalem, Arafat Still...

Funding Terrrorism in Northern Israel? The Attack In the August 11 edition of the Israeli paper Ha'aretz, the leading military analyst Zev Schiff noted that the "Hezbollah uses anti-aircraft aimed to explode over Israeli communities and...

Hijacking Israeli Democracy; Ethnic Cleansing, The Spin

April 13th, 2004: Ariel Sharon Hijacks Israeli Democracy to the Oval Office In a democratic system, if a head of state's foreign policy initiative is rejected by his cabinet, government, legislature, and the political party of...

How Can the UN Address the Subject of Palestinian Refugees and Not Allow Israel...

This week, with funding from the Swiss government, UNRWA, the UN agency that is charged with handling refugee camps from the 1948 war, launched an international conference on what should have been a clear,...

Young Jews Turning On Israel Again?

In a continuation of a small but troubling trend that was revealed last year, young diaspora Jews again are using popular youth programs like birthright israel and college fellowships as a vehicle to volunteer...

How Ehud Olmert Became A Millionaire 2

By Israeli standards, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is considered to be a millionaire, even though he never publicly reported the extent of his financial and real estate assets. He will probably take care to...

Covering JFK’s Funeral: More than Four Decades Later

When you undergo a traumatic experience, especially at a young age, you remember finite details of that experience for the rest of your life. When a nation undergoes a traumatic experience, everyone shares in...

Suicide bomb attack in Israeli city of Eilat kills three; Hamas, Fatah and Islamic...

Israeli security sources have confirmed that an explosion has occurred in the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat. The sources said that the explosion was in one of the bakeries in the city and resulted...

A review of Middle East Rules of Thumb by Professor Steven Carol (Universe 2008)

During the course of the 20th century, and especially in the years since the 1967 Six Day War, there has been a dramatic change in the academic and popular historiography of the Middle East. The...

The Northern Affront : Perspective on Scandinavian Attitudes to Israel

When Jeremiah prophesized, twenty-seven centuries ago, that "Evil shall come forth from the North" (Jeremiah, 1:14), he meant Syria. In today's bizarre world, this prophecy surely would apply to Scandinavia. On the face of it,...