Media should use ceasefire to reflect on double standards
http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/91931/media-should-use-ceasefire-reflect-double-standards
The mobilisation of Israeli forces around Gaza this week was strikingly reminiscent of the British and American build-up of troops along the Kuwait and Iraq borders before Operation Desert Storm, the massive armoured counter-attack...
International Recognition of a Unilaterally Declared Palestinian State: Legal and Policy Dilemmas
http://www.jcpa.org/art/becker2.htm
Representatives of the PLO, and of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority established pursuant to the Interim Agreement, have repeatedly threatened to unilaterally declare an independent Palestinian state.1 Indeed, following the conclusion of the Camp...
“Trading Away Peace”: How Biased Political NGOs Fuel Conflict
http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article.php?id=3784
Introduction
On October 30, 2012, twenty-two NGOs released a report, “Trading Away Peace: How Europe Helps Sustain Illegal Israeli Settlements.” These NGOs repeat the BDS (boycotts, divestment, sanctions) agenda, calling on the EU and national...
Gaza’s Not the Key, Philadelphi Is
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/334073/gaza-s-not-key-philadelphi-daniel-pipes #
The Second Hamas-Israel War, of November 10 to 21, inspired a mighty debate over rights and wrongs, with each side appealing to the large undecided bloc (19 percent of Americans according to CNN/ORC,...
My week in Jerusalem when rockets fell on the Holy City
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/20/my-week-in-jerusalem-when-rockets-fell-on-holy-city/
Jerusalemites have an age-old custom of ushering in the holy Sabbath a full 36 minutes before sunset -- earlier than anywhere else in the world. So last Friday eve, I rushed through the Old...
Israel Did Everything it Could to Avoid Civilian Casualties
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arsen-ostrovsky/israel-did-everything-it-_b_2175491.html
Col. Richard Kemp CBE, is a former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan and one of the most highly decorated and respected officers in the British Army. He has spent 30 years of his...
EDITORIAL: I AGREE WITH WEINBERG: BUBBLES HAVE BEEN BURST
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3083&sec=2&title=I_AGREE_WITH_WEINBERG:_BUBBLES_HAVE_BEEN_BURST
David. Weinberg, who moved to Israel from Toronto and directs the Israel office of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs has written a good article in Yisrael Hayom, the daily paper sponsored by...
DISPATCH FROM WJR WARTIME CORRESPONDENT ORLI AVIOR: HOW I JUST MISSED THE BIGGEST STORY...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3089&sec=2&title=DISPATCH_FROM_WJR_WARTIME_CORRESPONDENT_ORLI_AVIOR:_HOW_I_JUST_MISSED_THE_BIGGEST_STORY_IN_EILAT-TWO_EXPLOSIONS_SUNDAY_NIGHT
Usually, when war breaks out in Israel, I am right in the thick of things--missiles fly by my kitchen windows, my life is made chaotic and I can't hear myself think it's so noisy...
Twenty Conclusions of “Operation Pillar of Defense”:
Last week, while visiting communities struck by Gaza missiles throughout southern Israel, it was easy to discern the all pervasive anger that Israeli citizens - from all walks of life - vented against the...
Israel Renews Cash To Gaza
Israel, less than a week after its missile war, plans to renew massive cash transfers to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The Israel Law Center said the government has approved the imminent transfer of $13.5 million...