ISRAELI INTEL: ASSAD FAVORS ANOTHER WAR: US RESUPPLIES ISRAEL

Syria, buoyed by Hizbullah's success against Israel, has ordered his military to prepare for a regional war with the Jewish state. The Middle East News Line has confirmed reports from Israeli intelligence sources which assess...

WARREN BUFFET COMES TO SEE HIS INVESTMENT IN ISRAEL: A HANDS ON REPORT

When Israelis think of business people from the USA, they often conjure up images of fast talking ambitious go-getters from New York or Los Angeles. Indeed, during this reporter's 36 years in Israel, it has...

A Message of Accounting for Israel in the New Year

Tomorrow night begins Rosh Hashana. This is a time of accounting. We are bidden to do a heshbon nefesh -- a spiritual accounting. As a people, as well, we must do that accounting. Now especially,...

IRAN INTRODUCES WEAPONS USED BY HIZBULLAH

The United States has determined that Iran has brought to Iraq advanced weaponry used by Hizbullah in the war against Israel. Officials said U.S. military intelligence has detected the use by Iraqi insurgents of advanced...

INTERVIEW WITH SPOKESMAN OF ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPPI LIVNI FOLLOWING LIVNI-ABBAS MEETING

On Monday night, Israel's Foreign Minister Tzippy Livni met with the Machmud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Abbas has two identities, both of which he inherited from his mentor, Yassir Arafat - as...

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...

IRAN: THE RISE OF A REGIONAL POWER

Volume 10, No. 3, Article 10/10 September 2006 One of the most important developments in the early twenty-first century Middle East is the rise of Iran to become a regional great power. This has come about...

Israel Forms Panel To Examine ‘Ill Preparedness’ Will American citizens who witnessed security briefings...

It is now official. Today, the Israel Cabinet Secretary finally announced that the government of Israel has convened an official judicial panel to examine the Israeli government's "ill preparedness" before the war in Lebanon during...

Commentary: The Livni-Rice Meeting and More

Foreign Minister Livni is in Washington and met with Sec. of State Rice. When a joint press conference was held, Livni made the statement that: "... stagnation is not Israel's government's policy." And there...

Israel Lifts Its Blockade On Lebanon

Israel decided today to lift the sea and air blockade that has been in place on Lebanon since fighting erupted in mid-July between Hezbollah and the IDF. The decision to lift the blockade was...