Israel Foreign Minister Shimon Peres: Oslo Process Cannot be Erased

The Oslo Process was a moral and a Jewish choice. The late Yitzhak Rabin and I went to Oslo for moral reasons: not because we had no choice, not out of weakness, but with...

Legal Action in France Against Al Aharam – Anti-Semitic Jewish Campaign Faces Litigation

Whoever thinks the French are all hostile towards Israel, can find a certain comfort in the following: a court in Paris is currently carrying out an investigation against the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, on suspicion...

Sderot under attack

We visited Sderot yesterday. Leaving Nitzan we gave a lift to a Gush Katif student learning in the Sderot Hesder Yeshiva combining Torah studies and army service. "How are you holding on?" I asked. "Okay. It's...

Two Weeks of Incisive Commentary

February 21, 2008: Standing Strong Before returning to current news items, I would like to refer back to one of the themes of yesterday's posting, regarding the inability of some Israelis (some Jews) to defend...

Palestinian Authority forces attack Israeli Troops

In the first such confrontation in more than a decade, Palestinian Authority forces have attacked the Israel Army. Scores of PA officers confronted Israeli Army soldiers in of Hebron. Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades and...

Abbas Condemned Terror in English, for Jews in New York, But not in Arabic,...

This past Tuesday morning, Palestinian Authority (PA) foreign minister Riad Malki announced on the Voice of Israel Radio that PA leader Mahmoud Abbas would meet with Jewish community representatives in New York during his...

When Iran Ruled Jerusalem

Although the threat of a nuclear Iran is currently Israel’s most pressing security issue, there was a time when the Jews of Jerusalem welcomed the invading Persian army as their savior. The story begins at...

Iran: The Regional Power behind the Hamas War Effort

http://jcpa.org/article/iran-the-regional-power-behind-the-hamas-war-effort/#sthash.BCfPFQpk.dpuf Vol. 14, No. 23 July 15, 2014 Iran is an arsonist, inflaming the conflicts in the Middle East. Since the 2012 “Pillar of Defense Operation,” Iran has heavily invested in improving the quantity and quality...

“Why is this night different …”

If he has a son, the son asks. In contrast to Hanukah and Purim where we are commanded to "publicize the miracle" (and include everyone), on Pesach, the publicizing of the miracle starts first of...

Anti-Barak Rhetoric in the Egyptian Media

Since the collapse of the Clinton-Assad summit in Geneva, both the government and the opposition press in Egypt have been increasingly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The criticism takes the form of...