Israel Scores Initial Victories In Gaza War

During Thursday's Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operations, the Israeli army targeted, identified and killed Islamic Jihad terrorists who in recent days launched rockets into Israel including, Nasser Halil Hassan Ouda, 21; Muhammad Faez Yadeb...

The IDF Situation in Gaza

Our current ground operation, stage two, is just about complete. Yet we're not pulling out and we're not bringing in all of the reserve units to move into stage three. Some reservists have been...

Challenge To New Israeli Government

On February 5, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered 170 million shekels, the equivalent of $43 million, to be transferred to Gaza. Mr. Olmert said the funds represented an Israeli commitment to divert tax...

Bearing witness to the UN in Geneva

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

Will Fatah Give Up the Armed Struggle at Its Sixth General Congress?

. www.mesi.org.uk/ViewBlog.aspx?ArticleId=68 The Sixth Fatah General Congress, convening for the first time in twenty years, will be judged mainly by two factors: its decisions and the composition of its new leadership. Here we will examine the nature of...

FOUL PLAY AT THE NEW ISRAEL FUND

The New Israel Fund is angry. It thinks that it is correct to disseminate false testimony about the State of Israel. It thinks that it is okay to take part in the demonization campaign...

U.S. Ex-Officers Warn Of Decline In Israel Ties

WASHINGTON -- Scores of senior retired U.S. officers have warned of the decline in American strategic cooperation with Israel. Close to 50 generals and admirals have signed a letter that termed Israel a key element in...

Competing World Views Tear A “Peace Process” to Pieces

The U.S. announcement inviting Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for direct talks shows quite clearly, though unintentionally, why the talks will fail. Special Envoy George Mitchell explains: "We are all well aware that there remains...

Mr. Abbas, Tear Down This Wall! Reject the Notion of the Right of Return...

<!-- End #wrapmain #pri.article.articleTitle --> UNRWA Balata Refugee Camp, 2003. <!-- End #wrapmain #pri.article.articleTitle --> . While the world's headlines focus with exaggerated alarm on Israel's lifting of its ten-month building freeze within Jewish West Bank settlements, an issue of...

News Analysis: “Playing the Game”

A article yesterday (written by Sheera Frankel in the Miami Herald) said: "The Obama administration has secured pledges from senior Mideast leaders to continue peace negotiations until after next month's U.S. midterm elections, largely to...