The Death of Yaakov Yaakobov – Killed in Sderot by an Arab Missile –...
An Israeli civilian, the second in a single week, was killed on Wednesday yesterday during an Arab missile attack on Sderot.
Yaakov Yaakobov, a 40-year-old resident of this southern Israeli border town who worked at...
Of clowns and Kassams
It's Thursday morning, and we're awakened at about the same hour we usually are this week by the sound of sirens, seemingly set to coincide with the time when all the children of Sderot...
Sderot; A Town Under Siege
The international outrage machine is ginned up again, and all but seven members of the U.N. General Assembly recently voted to condemn Israel for its military incursion into Gaza. The buzzword, recycled from Israel's...
Israel’s Failing Strategy
When PM Olmert, DM Peretz and COS Halutz snap back at their critics that the IDF is already doing everything it can to stop the Qassams from the Gaza Strip, there are some huge...
PERETZ’S DILEMMA: NOT GOING WELL IN SDEROT
These days, Amir Peretz is a sad man. Beaten. Perhaps I am misreading him, but it seems to me that the glint in his eye has gone out. Too many problems have overtaken him...
Commentary: A “Hudna” is not a Cease Fire
A mere two days ago I wrote about the possibility of a major Israeli military incursion into Gaza, the only way to stop the Kassams. And now? Now there is talk of a "ceasefire."
But...
DEFENSE MINISTRY OPPOSED TO FORTIFYING HOUSES AGAINST KASSAM ROCKETS
(translation by ISRAEL NEWS TODAY)
The Defense Ministry is opposed to the proposal to fortify all the residential homes exposed to Kassam rocket fire, at a cost of NIS 900 million. The reason is that...
Commentary: The Baker-Hamilton Report, Syria, and More
Recommendations of the Baker Hamilton Commission on how to proceed in Iraq have not been formally announced as yet, but they have been leaked. A major -- and hugely horrendous -- proposal is that...
HAMAS INTENSIFIES USE OF DUAL-ENGINE ROCKETS WITH 12.5 KM RANGE
The Kassam rockets that were fired at Ashkelon two weeks ago and which led to the fatal shelling of Beit Hanoun were dual-engine rockets, and not single-engine ones, said intelligence officials.
One of the rockets...
Israeli Overflights in Lebanon Represent no Threat Whatsover to UNIFIL: Nothwithstanding, UNIFIL Feels Threatened
Today, the Israeli cabinet secretary assured the Israeli press corp that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has no plans whatsover to attack intruding Israeli military aircraft. The Israeli official made it cleat...








