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...

Four Questions for Reporters to Ask in the New Year

On July 15th, 2007, Israel Resource News Agency placed four questions of consequence to the governments of the United States and Israel concerning the Fatah: 1. The Israel Ministry of Justice and the United...

Lack of Authority and Unwarranted Tampering with International Law

Two distinct issues exist: the issue of Jerusalem and the issue of the Holy Places. Cambridge Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice and a renowned editor of...

Funerals End One Stage Of Israel, Lebanon War As Next One Begins

The funerals of two murdered Israeli POWs, Udi Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, borne on the shoulders of 12 noncommissioned officers of the Israeli army's Golani Brigade, concluded this stage of the 2006 Lebanon War. The...

Incisive Commentary

Posting: July 31, 2008 "Just Suppose" Political predictions are never written in stone, and certainly I make no claims that what I'm about to write here is anything other than a speculation. But I think it's...

Israeli Security Sources: Hamas Recruiting, Training Young People

Senior Israeli security sources confirm that Hamas terrorists have recruited thousands of young people, who have been undergoing intensive military training to prepare them for the next round of warfare against Israel. The new...

PLO Promotes League Of Arab Nations Initiative To Israeli Public

On Thursday, November 20,the PLO Negotiation Department took the unusual move of sponsoring an advertisement from the League of Arab Nations in the major Israeli media. The ad proclaimed that "57 Arab and Islamic states...

Rocket Fire, Hostilities Continue In Gaza

Smoke caused by explosions from Israeli forces’ operations rises from buildings on the outskirts of Gaza City yesterday. (Hatem Moussa/Associated Press) Yesterday, no schools in communities and towns at a distance of 30 miles Gaza...

Israeli Officer Fights For His Life: Soldier Went to Battle 24 Hours After Wedding

As these words are being written, Israeli 2nd Lt. Aaron Karov, severely wounded in Gaza, is fighting for his life. According to Jewish tradition, prayers are said for the speedy recovery of someone who is...

Simple Questions for a Complex Situation

The Israeli-Hamas conflict, with its evocative images of human suffering, has engaged the hearts and minds of people the world over. Indeed, the death of any innocent - Israeli or Palestinian - is a...