ATTACKS BEING PLANNED BY NABLUS TERRORISTS AS PER HIZBULLAH ORDERS

The IDF has maintained a carefully observed closure on Nablus in light of urgent intelligence warnings about terrorists' plans to execute a number of terror attacks, at least one of which is geared to...

Condi on a Learning Curve About Abbas?

During Condoleezza Rice's three-hour meeting with Mahmoud Abbas last week in Ramallah, she reportedly "employed a threatening tone." A Palestinian Authority official said that "We've never seen her in such a bad mood." Later at...

“My Pentagon Years” A briefing by Douglas J. Feith

Douglas J. Feith was undersecretary of defense for policy in the Bush administration (2001-05), and is a professor of national security policy at Georgetown University. He previously served in several capacities in the Reagan...

Insight Behind the News in Israel

Posting: August 8, 2007 "Tisha B'Av" Immediately upon the close of Shabbat tomorrow night begins Tisha B'Av (the ninth of the month of Av), a day of Jewish national mourning because it is the day on...

Covering JFK’s Funeral: Memories from 45 Years Ago

When everyone around you undergoes a traumatic experience, especially at a young age, you remember finite details of that experience for the rest of your life. And so it was for me with the...

America Providing Palestinian Security Forces with Top Level Training

U.S. giving Palestinian security forces top-level training The United States has been training senior Palestinian security officials in an advanced officers course in Ramallah for top-brass, Haaretz has learned. The new course, entitled "senior leaders' course,"...

Bearing Witness to the UN in Geneva: Presenting Sderot’s Case to UN Judges

On July 6th, I traveled to Geneva to testify before the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict. Participating in the delegations were Ashkelon Mayor Benny Vaknin, Dr Alan Marcus the director...

Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls on Abbas to Accept Netanyahu...

PRESS CONTACT Lynne Weil at (202) 225-5021 Berman Calls on Abbas to Accept Netanyahu Proposal for Unconditional Peace Talks Press statement from the office of Rep. Howard L. Berman, D- CA Washington, DC - Howard L. Berman (D-CA),...

Saudi Initiative – based on flooding Israel with Arab refugees from 1948 – along...

Saudi Initiative - based on flooding Israel with Arab refugees from 1948 - along with their descendents This week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu praised the nation of Bahrain for endorsing the Saudi Peace Initiative, also...

ANTIQUITIES DESTRUCTION: ARE WE ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT NABATEAN CULTURE?

Everyone was appalled in recent days by the intentional devastation at the archaeological site of Avdat. The front pages told the bitter stories of vandalism in the Negev, with various media outlets competing for...