Investigations Overshadow Olmert’s Peace Proclamation

On a normal day in Israel, a statement made by an Israeli prime minister on a state visit to France, indicating peace between Israelis and Arabs was "never closer" would break into every daily...

Terror Threat High For Israelis

It warned of a retaliatory attack by Hezbollah to mark the anniversary of the death of Imad Mughniyah, a high-ranking operative of the organization, in February of last year. An attack by Hezbollah against Israeli...

Iran: Too close for Comfort for Southern Israel

While the world follows Iran developments from the grandstands of YouTube, the people of southern Israel have had front row seats for some time now. When Iran's protege, Hamas, staged a coup in Gaza that...

Israel Renews Construction Supply Sale To Gaza

An area where Israel continues to cope with is the world wide campaign against Israel’s restrictions of potentially lethal exports into Gaza. Since the Hamas terror takeover of Gaza in June 2007, Israel did halt...

ARMED STRUGGLE ON THE TABLE: Middle East Newsline Provides Hands-On Coverage of Fatah...

The ruling Fatah movement has been bolstered by dozens of military commanders abroad, some of whom prepared to stay in the West Bank. Nearly 100 Fatah commanders and senior operatives have arrived in the West Bank for...

One Year After His Inauguration : Does President Obama Seek a Weak Israel?

The author was formerly senior advisor in the Privy Council Office serving Canada's Prime Minister and the federal cabinet. Earlier he worked in Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and taught history and law at...

Former Israel Deputy Defense Minister: Israel Will Attack Iran by Nov.

http://newsmax.com/KenTimmerman/Timmerman-Israel-Iran-nuclear/2010/04/02/id/354614 Friday, April 2, 2010 12:36 PM Israel will be compelled to attack Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities by this November unless the U.S. and its allies enact “crippling sanctions that will undermine the regime in Tehran,”...

Some Semi-Sanity from Europe: EU Foreign Ministers Make Partial Sense on Gaza, Iran

http://www.gloria-center.org/blog/2010/06/some-semi-sanity-from-europe Remember what I told you: if you want to know what policy is going to be, watch the governments, not the media. While the results of the EU foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg were...

Washington Institute for Near East Policy : Gap Between U.S., Saudis Widens Over Iran

WASHINGTON -- The gap between Saudi Arabia and the United States has been widening over policy toward a nuclear Iran, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that the Saudis appear far...