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...

Danger of “Democracy” in Palestine

The tradition of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which falls this year on both Saturday and Sunday, is for Jews to engage in reflection, prayer and in communal religious introspection. One year ago this...

Will Olmert Team Ignore the Quartet Double Cross – with US support?

"The Quartet welcomed the efforts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a government of national unity, in the hope that the platform of such a government would reflect Quartet principles and allow for...

Egypt Goes Nuclear?

The regime of President Hosni Mubarak is now ready to acquire nuclear reactors. Indeed, the Egyptian Energy Ministry intends to discuss nuclear energy facilities and technology from a range of countries, including China and...

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,...

Commentary: UN capers…

There it is again. Yesterday, Kofi Annan, in his last address to the UN as secretary-general, makes the infamous link: As long as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains unresolved, "passions everywhere will be inflamed." Are we...

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...