On the First Day of Cease Fire?
We are ending the first day of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
Here in Israel we really didn't expect it to hold even this long -- didn't expect Hezbollah to hold fire for more than and...
Hamas Seeks To Copy Hizbullah Atms
Israel has assessed that Hamas intends to capitalize on the success of Hizbullah's war against Israel.
Israeli officials said Hamas plans to copy variants of Iranian- and Russian-origin anti-tank missiles fired by Hizbullah during the...
Commentary on Rice-Livni Encounter
It seems sometimes a rule of thumb that if I wait a day, the news changes.
So it is with what I reported yesterday, from The Jerusalem Post, regarding a linkage being made by the...
Commentary: UN capers…
There it is again. Yesterday, Kofi Annan, in his last address to the UN as secretary-general, makes the infamous link: As long as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains unresolved, "passions everywhere will be inflamed."
Are we...
Egypt Goes Nuclear?
The regime of President Hosni Mubarak is now ready to acquire nuclear reactors. Indeed, the Egyptian Energy Ministry intends to discuss nuclear energy facilities and technology from a range of countries, including China and...
HAMAS SEEKS TO EXPAND TRAINING IN IRAN
Hamas has sought to expand Iranian aid to the Palestinian movement.
Palestinian sources said Hamas leaders have been negotiating with Teheran to increase military and financial aid to the insurgency group.
They said that senior Hamas...
Commentary: Fighting Defeatism, in the USA and in Israel
Last night a reader asked me for a repeat of the reasons why I think the US should stay in Iraq. I gave him not just a repeat, but an expansion of my original...
PAY THE PRICE FOR FIRING KASSAM ROCKETS:Someone has to tell it like it is
Somebody needs to tell the truth. To the inhabitants of Beit Hanoun, to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, to the Arabs of the territories, to the whole world.
It is a simple, harsh and...
Commentary: The Warnings of Israeli Intelligence
Israeli Military Intelligence, as reported in the Jerusalem Post, now indicates that, for the past four months, long range missiles and advanced anti-tank missiles have been smuggled to Hezbollah, coming over the border from...
Not the peace we expected with Egypt
Egypt's behavior in Sinai and along the Philadelphi route, which enables the large-scale arming of terror organizations, requires a reexamination of Israeli policy. Many people have become convinced in recent months that Egypt intends...