Hurricane “Arik”: Settlers as Scapegoats

Two images have haunted me since the nightmare we went through in recent weeks--the nightmare given the sterile title "disengagement", that was in fact no less than a hurricane, hurricane "Arik". One image is...

Israel Spawns Terror Base For The Enemy

As Israel pulled its troops out of the areas where 21 Jewish communities had thrived in the Katif district of Gaza and four more Jewish communities in Northern Samaria, the Israeli public was under...

Why Does the Israeli Government Persist in Spreading The Word that “All is Well”

News reports today indicated that contrary to what was stated in an earlier government policy (designed to make the residents of Gush Katif move out of their homes complacently), those who did not move...

The State of the Communities of Gush Katif and Northern Gaza

Method of Research Key people (heads of community secretariats, spokespeople and community workers) were interviewed from almost every community in Gush Katif or northern Gaza to obtain this information. General assessments were cross-referenced with a...

The Situation of the Evacuees from Katif

Sources Information for this report has been acquired from authoritative sources: The Israel Legal Forum - the group of more than 50 lawyers working pro-bono and for token payment on behalf of the evacuees; Lema'an...

A Proposal for Israel’s “National Defense Doctrine” – Without Judea, Samaria and the Golan

Ma'ariv published at the weekend a report about a team which is preparing Israel's new defense doctrine, which will soon be submitted to the prime minister for approval. According to this doctrine, retention of...

Does Disengagement Mean a Future of Terror? – An Assessment with General Amidror and...

Over the past several months, Voices Magazine has quoted experts and facts from finance, ecology, security and real estate to varied authorities in many fields that have warned of the dangers of the "Disengagement"...

Palestinian Authority Brings Hamas into Power in Gaza – despite Israeli legal constraints against...

The Palestinian Authority, the PA, has been bringing the Hamas terrorist organization into positions of authority, to formalize the group's influence in the Gaza Strip. This, despite the fact that Sharon's government had added a...

Don’t Destroy Gaza Synagogues

JERUSALEM - Senior Israeli rabbis are asking the international community to oppose a ruling this week by the country's high court that synagogues left behind in evacuated Jewish Gaza towns may be destroyed by...

How the Evacuees from Katif Were Received

Keep Gush Katif communities intact A truly awesome and well-orchestrated military mission has been successfully executed. Intense months of planning resulted in minimum physical casualties on both sides. A crushing force of some 50,000 soldiers...