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...
The People of Sa-Nur
Sa Nur, Israel
On July 4th, 2005, I step down from a bulletproof journalists' tour bus onto the controversial soil of Sa-nur, one of the four Shomron area settlements to be evacuated come mid-August. My...
Commentary from Arlene Kushner
Posting: September 12, 2007
"There it is!"
Olmert and company exposed with their intentions out front for all to see.
We are not to "play into the hands of Hamas" by going into Gaza, you see. As...
She’s not all pure: An Assessment of Tzippi Livni
While it is certainly time for Israel to once again have a woman prime minister - if only to make life uncomfortable for Shas and the other chauvinists around the cabinet table - this...
Institute for Contemporary Affairs, founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation
http://jcpa.org/article/changing-historical-narrative-saeb-erekats-new-spin/
Vol. 14, No. 8 March 23, 2014
Palestinian leaders are manipulating the history of geographic Palestine/Land of Israel. They have manufactured a curious claim, expressed recently by Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, that they...
3,000 Foreign Jihadis to Terrorize Egyptian Opposition?
http://www.meforum.org/3396/egypt-foreign-jihadis
The title of a recent Al Khabar News report declares: "Morsi summons 3,000 jihadis from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia and Iran to be an Islamic army to strike the police and army forces" of...
Report #9: State of evicted Gush Katif, Northern Gaza & N. Shomron Communities
At the time of this writing (Sunday, October 9th, 3 p.m. Israel time), according to the residents of the Shirat Hayam Hotel in Ashkelon, they are about to be expelled today to other hotels...
Syria Is Said to Be Hiding Weapons, Moving Troops
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-hiding-weapons-moving-troops-20145087?singlePage=true
As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas.
Politically, President Bashar Assad...
Executive Summary: The Report of the New Palestinian Authority School Books
Following is a summary of the findings of a survey conducted by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, of the new Palestinian Authority Textbooks.
The findings were presented at a press conference held...
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...