Serving in the IDF Reserves: The Meaning of True Friendship

There are special moments in a man's life that not only help define him but also leave him with memories of accomplishment and fulfillment. In my life of 46 years those moments have included:...

Hamas Policy after Operation “Protective Edge”

http://jcpa.org/article/hamas-policy/ Vol. 14, No. 29    September 18, 2014 Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal recently revealed Hamas’ unfolding strategy in the wake of the Gaza war, particularly the use of the international system as an economic safety net...

Norwegian Labor Party Youth Movement (AUF) Demands that Ariel Sharon and Other Israeli Leaders...

The Norwegian Israel Center (NIS) is a voluntary politically independent documentation and resource center that works at promoting a more balanced view towards Israel, and therefore fights antisemitism. At the same time, we try...

The Jordan Valley is the answer

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6897 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting our region again. Borders are a core issue and the main component of any framework deal between us and the Palestinians, and Kerry knows that Israel...

Israel Needs 12 Laser Systems To Protect North

Israel requires about 12 laser systems to protect northern communities from Hizbullah short-range rockets fired from Lebanon. A leading former defense official, Oded Amichai, said Israel would require between 10 and 12 Sky Guard laser...

The End of the Beginning in Syria: The Obstacles to Reaching a Negotiated Settlement

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=6845 Following the recent downing of a Turkish reconnaissance jet by Syrian anti-aircraft, the international community, this time through NATO, is once again debating what course of action should be taken with respect to Syria....

Iran Makes Headway In Fatah

http://www.menewsline.com Iran was said to have forged relationships with leading members of the Fatah movement. Officials said Iran and Hizbullah were seeking to coopt members of the Fatah leadership, particularly the Central Committee. They said the...

“Innocent Civilians” were actually…Palestinian Security Apparatus Members

Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Dahoah-Halevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is a co-founder of the Orient Research Group Ltd. and is a former advisor to the Policy Planning Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The False Religion of Mideast Peace And why I’m no longer a believer.

www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/19/the_false_religion_of_mideast_peace?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full On October 18, 1991, against long odds and in front of an incredulous press corps, U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin announced that Arabs and Israelis were being...

Israel braces for more violence after mass-casualty West Bank raid

Israel is bracing for another escalation of violence after at least nine Palestinians were killed in a counterterrorism raid on the West Bank city of Jenin, a defense establishment source told Ynet on Thursday. “This...