The Policies of the Government of Israel to Expel 25 Jewish Communities: News Backgrounders

'The Mental Preparation for Disengagement' & its Aftermath in the Israel Defense Forceshttp://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=3842&q=1 Shocking Conclusions From Inquiry Over Gaza Expulsions Oct 6 2009 http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=3764&q=2 November 2005: State of Gush Katif, Northern Gaza & Northern Shomron Communities http://www.israelbehindthenews.com/katif.html Legacy of...

ISRAEL PUBLIC RELATIONS MINISTER, YULI EDELSTEIN:”BARAK DOESN’T PRESENTS US”

Sept.21, 2010 Israel Public Relations Minister Yuli Edelstein bitterly assailed his coalition partner, Israel Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, fearing that Barak might try to promote an independent policy decision of his own to extend the construction...

News Analysis

A recent column, "Just Knock It off," by Tom Friedman, writing in the NY Times. refers to Israel as a "spoiled child" for not acceding to Obama's demands for a continuation of the freeze. Israel,...

A WaPo reporter’s anti-Israeli approach: from Sderot to Jakarta

When Washington Post reporter Scott Wilson did a stint as the paper's Jerusalem correspondent, he earned a well-deserved and well-documented reputation for anti-Israel bias, shading and spinning his copy to portray Israel in the...

THE ROLE OF JOHN GING, UNRWA DIRECTOR IN GAZA, IN POLITICAL WARFARE

John Ging has been the head of the United Nation Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza since 2006. In this role, and despite his reported opposition to the BDS (boycotts, divestment, and sanctions)...

TURKEY IS LIKE IRAN

The WikiLeaks documents only confirmed the extent to which the US and Europe are concerned about the dangerous regime that has come to power in Turkey. There are already two entities in the Middle...

A New Palestinian Lie About Israel and The Need to Discount Such Stories Systematically

What happens when the New York Times publishes, with no investigation, an atrocity story about Israel that is not only false but ridiculously so, based on the most obvious starting point: death by tear-gas...

Revolution and oppression in the Arab world

When the first revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt occurred, the initial responses from Israel appeared distinct from those in the West. While European and American reactions were enthusiastic, a whiff of skepticism, if not...

Incisive News Analysis From Jerusalem

"The Prime Minister's Talk" Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a talk in the Knesset last night, in recognition of the 107th anniversary of the death of Theodore Herzl, father of the Jewish State. This talk is widely...

The Gaza Flotilla and International Law

http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/86476 On may 31, 2010, in defense of a naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, Israel seized control of the Mavi Marmara in international waters, detained the passengers, and towed the ship to the...