May 16, 2013: Dead Serious

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ The NYTimes ran a piece yesterday in which it directly quoted a "senior Israeli official" -- who according to the JPost had contacted the Times (emphasis added): "Israel is determined to continue to prevent the...

The little match girl

http://www.haaretz.com/the-little-match-girl-1.189081 Describing herself as a good mother who speaks with her two children at least once a day - even though both are university students who left home some time ago, one to study in...

Letter to the World from a reporter in Jerusalem, June 1967

The Westinghouse Radio correspondent in Israel in 1967 - the first foreign correspondent to report Israel's capture of the Temple Mount during the 1967 war, when he was stationed on the roof of the...

Dr. Yossi Beillin: Israel’s Shadow Foreign Minister? To Whom is Beillin Beholden?

On June 2, 2002, Dr. Yossi Beillin called a rally to launched his new movement - "Shachar", which will undoubtedly represent a continuation of Beillin's activities in the ECF - the Economic Cooperation Foundation. ECF...

If Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound Collapses Israel is at Fault

Shortly after official Israeli warnings that Jewish terrorists are threatening to blow up Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Israel is again threatening to restrict access to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan...

The Palestinian Authority After Arafat

With Arafat out of the picture, the only difference between Arafat and his followers is that his successors wear business suits. Each PLO official who runs the Palestinian Authority maintains a clear record who continues...

Commentary: Eternal Palestinian refugees

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/22/3930876/ commentary-eternal-palestinian.html As Palestinians seek recognition as a state from the UN this week, many wonder what impact such a move might have on the 4.6 million Palestinians who are refugees from the 1948 Israel War...

Challenging an obituary to PM Shamir: Letterto the Editor, Translated from Dutch to English

NRC AH Letters Editor Amsterdam, 03.07.2012 Dear Sir, The obituary of your Israel correspondent, Leonie van Nierop, re Yitzchak Shamir is quite biased. It was mentioned in this obituary as though the reliability of Israel’s Arabs adversaries is rather...

Mordechai Kedar: The Arab World on the Precipice

http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/dr-mordechai-kedar/mordechai-kedar-the-arab-world-on-the-precipice/2012/07/30/0/ Although I do not generally do so, I will open with an Arabic joke, because in the Arab world (and perhaps in other places as well) people often use humor to speak the truth...

November 15, 2012: Necessary Battle

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ Current Postings November 15, 2012: Necessary Battle Yesterday, on its FaceBook page, the IDF put up the following message: “We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in...