Difficult Israel Security Assessment from Dr. Mordechai Keidar, veteran of Israel intelligence
Difficult Israel Security Assessment from Dr. Mordechai Keidar, 25 year veteran of Israel intelligence
Dr. Keidar, whom I have known and worked with for 30 years, says that he hesitated whether to publish what appears...
The Economic Cooperation Foundation and Dr. Yossi Beilin
The ECF was founded ten years ago by Yossi Beilin, and initially registered at the address of Dr. Yair Hirschberg. The ECF charter states that its purpose is to facilitate the intervention of the...
The Amos Kennan Precedent: Why IDF Soldiers Resist Orders to Demolish Communities
This past week in Israel, Israeli soldiers from elite Israeli army units erected huge signs on their barracks which proclaimed they would refuse orders to remove Jewish communities, if ordered to do so.
These soldiers...
The Era of the Yom Kippur War: A Personal and Historical Reflection
Turning 60 two weeks ago, on the day that marked the 40th anniversary of my arrival in Israel, provided an appropriate pause for reflection.
After all, there is the tradition that a Jew is reborn...
Saudi Arabia vs. the Muslim Brotherhood
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A dispute over the role of religion in government constitutes the main rift in the world of Sunni Islam. This controversy also defines the two main camps in that world with regard...
Talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not easy. It requires learning about various narratives, carefully engaging with Israel’s history, and thinking about the hard challenges faced by Jews, Palestinians, Bedouins, Christians, and Druze. Conversations about...
Conviction of Jew for murder of Palestinians could be wrongful – opinion
Are Israelis willing to deal with the implications of a contradiction-laden criminal case and demand that the justice system conduct a serious self-interrogation, essentially putting itself on trial?
Because of the many contradictions, listed below,...
Lapid’s “Two –State Solution” Spells Disaster for Israel
Any pro-Israel supporter with at least a smidgeon of common sense and a brief history of the Jewish State’s many useless attempts to make peace with, coddle up to, make nice to, kiss the butt of...
Biden is betraying American interests as well as Israel
This isn’t the first dispute between the governments of the United States and Israel. Nor is it the first time that Washington has used the supply of arms to try to pressure the Jewish...
Geert Wilders’ Speech in Tel Aviv
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot. com/2010/12/geert-wilders- speech-in-tel-aviv.html#more
Below is the text of the speech given today in Tel Aviv by Geert Wilders. Update:Thanks to Brian ofLondon for the photo.
Shalom chaveriem,
Let me start by saying that it is with great...