Inside Israel’s Air Offensive in Lebanon

Israel has launched its first major offensive in Lebanon since 2000. Israel Air Force F-15 and F-16 fighter-jets struck suspected Hizbullah strongholds in such cities as Beirut and Tyre as well as missile arsenals throughout...

Norwegian Doctor, Mads Gilbert: Member Of Extremist Group

The Norwegian Doctor, Mads Gilbert, entered Gaza a number of days before the Israeli military operation began. In the course of that operation he spoke with numerous media, described himself as an "objective doctor" and...

Attacking Israel Online

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/attacking-israel-online/ Throughout the greater Middle East, opposition to the concept and existence of a Jewish state is an idée fixe for hundreds of millions of Arab and non-Arab Muslims. A hatred of Jewish political sovereignty...

My special connection to Mama Rachel

It all started from the time I was a little girl riding the bus back and forth from my hometown Efrat to Jerusalem and back. The days were pre Oslo Accords and the only...

Sderot Challenge

Many countries' responses and reactions to the current fighting of the Arab-Israeli conflict are more or less to condemn Israel's military actions inside the Gaza Strip. These responses paint the picture that the only...

Rewriting history on the taxpayer dime

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/12/rewriting-history-on-the-taxpayer-dime/ The U.S. government, via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided support for a glossy 39-page "Palestine Guide Book." Just released by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Tourism, it declares on its...

Iran Isolated? Tell it to the UN

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/08/21/iran-isolated-tell-it-to-the-united-nations-ban-ki-moon-non-aligned-movement/ The Obama administration is still asserting that diplomacy and sanctions will halt Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons without the need for either Israel or the United States to resort to force. At the core...

REESA COHEN STONE ON ISRAELI ELECTIONS: WIN OR LOSE IT’S HOW THEY DON’T PLAY...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3206&sec=1&title=REESA_COHEN_STONE_ON_ISRAELI_ELECTIONS:_WIN_OR_LOSE_IT%27S_HOW_THEY_DON%27T_PLAY_THE_GAME "Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates." Gore Vidal About 10 days ago, my daughter spent a day in Jerusalem with some cousins...

A tribute from a Jewish Reporter in Jerusalem

The visit of Pope John Paul II in Israel will not be forgotten. Yet not everything went smoothly. Shortly after Pope John Paul II announced that he was coming to Israel with the genesis of the...

IRAN: THE RISE OF A REGIONAL POWER

Volume 10, No. 3, Article 10/10 September 2006 One of the most important developments in the early twenty-first century Middle East is the rise of Iran to become a regional great power. This has come about...