American officials: NEXT HIZBULLAH WAR EXPECTED TO BE FIERCER

The next round of Israel's confrontation with Hizbullah was expected to be more fierce than the 33-day war concluded in August. U.S. military analysts expect Israeli ground forces to move rapidly to destroy Hizbullah's short-range...

Israel Needs 12 Laser Systems To Protect North

Israel requires about 12 laser systems to protect northern communities from Hizbullah short-range rockets fired from Lebanon. A leading former defense official, Oded Amichai, said Israel would require between 10 and 12 Sky Guard laser...

Maj. Gen. Yaakov Amidror: Hizbullah Needs 2 Years to Recover

Hizbullah was badly damaged in the war against Israel and requires at least two years to recover, a leading Israeli military analyst said. Maj. Gen. Yaakov Amidror, a former senior military intelligence officer, said...

Perpsective on Negotiations to Release Convicts

None of this has been confirmed yet -- the word is coming via reports from Arab papers. In one version PA President Mahmoud Abbas provided details for a newspaper in Bahrain, El-Halij. Another version...

Rockets and Abductions Planned by Palestinians

The Fatah movement led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas continues efforts to assemble rockets in the West Bank. Israel's military has found a Fatah explosives laboratory and two rockets in the West Bank city...

Commentary on Possible Commission of Inquiry

Defense Minister Peretz has come out in favor of a formal commission of inquiry with regard to the war, which puts him in opposition to Olmert and definitely strains the coalition. Look for a...

AND THE WORLD LIES: The Anatomy of Refugeehood

Let us begin with a story. A well-known and familiar story. In a certain well-known and familiar country that was once under Ottoman rule lives a large Muslim minority. The relations between the majority...

Lessons of war / Israel not pressing on MIAs

One of the aims of the Lebanon war, as initially laid down by the the General Staff's Operations Directorate, was "pressuring Hezbollah into releasing the captives." Some Israel Defense Forces raids during the war...

Commentary: Olmert’s Refusal to Establish a Commission of Inquiry and Other issues at hand

Prime Minister Olmert angered many members of Knesset across the political spectrum -- including some within his coalition -- when he declined, earlier this week, to set up a full inquiry regarding the war...

Text: UN Sec’y Gen. Annan declines to condemn Iran’s calls to destroy Israel during...

Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was asked how he can visit with the President of Iran given that he has called openly and repeatedly for the destruction of Israel....