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Incisive News Diary
Posting: May 5, 2008
"Who Knows?"
Who knows how this latest potential scandal with Olmert will play out...
In spite of the fact that police are arguing that the investigation and its legal implications takes precedence over...
A Diary of Insight in Middle East Reporting
Posting: April 17, 2008
"Carter's Destruction"
Today is the day that Jimmy Carter -in defiance of requests from several quarters that he not do so-is going to be meeting with officials from Hamas. To achieve peace,...
Deplorable Diplomacy and Duplicitous Diplomats
Well, it was unlikely that Rice, who was just here, would have readily walked away without further concessions from Israel for the sake of the "peace process." Some concessions, of some sort, from our...
“Tension in the North”
Posting: April 2, 2008
"Tension in the North"
A report by a 'top military intelligence officer" to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday included a warning that Hezbollah is getting ready for new violence...
Incisive Commentary from Jerusalem
Posting: March 24, 2008
"Fatah and Hamas"
Well, here we are in the midst of an ever-changing scenario that has yet to play itself out.
Officially, neither the US nor Israel has comment on the agreement signed...
Israel’s Test
The issues facing Israel today are existential, in the most literal sense. It is therefore a matter of grave concern when Israelis who ought to know better offer panaceas that can only bring harm.
As...
Abbas and the ‘Armed Struggle’
On February 28, the Jordanian daily al-Dustur released an interview with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. It included the following:
"At this present juncture, I am opposed to the armed struggle because we can't succeed...
Incisive Commentary
Posting; March 5, 2008
"Could Be Worse"
The situation is not exactly wonderful, but truly something much worse than what we're seeing right now might have developed.
Condoleezza Rice has left. After meeting with Tzipi Livni today,...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: February 27, 2008
"More?!"
Over 40 Kassams were launched from Gaza today. Hamas has claimed credit for this barrage.
One rocket hit in Sderot near Sapir College, killing student Ronnie Yechiya, who was the father of...
Education for war: Delegitimization, Demonization, and Violence
Reviewed by Arlene Kushner, Senior Policy Research Analyst, Center for Near East Policy Research Ltd.
The American Jewish Committee, in cooperation with The Institute for Monitoring the Impact of Peace and Tolerance in School Education...
