Israeli Intelligence Blasts U.K. For Providing Sanctuary To Hamas
Just a short time after outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair assumed the role of Middle East envoy, the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center in Herzelia, Israel (www.intelligence.org.il), has issued a scathing report in...
Mitchell, A Mideast Envoy With A Tendentious Legacy
Following President Obama's appointment of former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell of Maine as his Middle East envoy, it may be instructive to remember the tendentiousness of George Mitchell's 2001 report titled:
"The Mitchell Report on...
U.S. officials skeptical on a demilitarized Palestine
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-palestine16-2009jun16,0,3858683.story
Reporting from Washington -- U.S. officials reacted skeptically Monday to an
Israeli proposal that the United States and other world powers guarantee
that a new nation of Palestine remain demilitarized as a condition of its
statehood.
Israel and the illusion of international justice
Hebrew: http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/1142804.html
English:http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142896.html
Speaking at a legal conference on January 4, former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak suggested that Israel would benefit from participation in bodies such as the International Criminal Court in order to fight...
News Analysis
A recent column, "Just Knock It off," by Tom Friedman, writing in the NY Times. refers to Israel as a "spoiled child" for not acceding to Obama's demands for a continuation of the freeze.
Israel,...
Incisive News Analysis From Jerusalem
"The Prime Minister's Talk"
Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a talk in the Knesset last night, in recognition of the 107th anniversary of the death of Theodore Herzl, father of the Jewish State.
This talk is widely...
The Gaza Flotilla and International Law
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/86476
On may 31, 2010, in defense of a naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, Israel seized control of the Mavi Marmara in international waters, detained the passengers, and towed the ship to the...
Showdown Brews Between Obama, Congress Over Accuracy of Count of Palestinian Arab Refugees
http://www.nysun.com/foreign/showdown-brews-between-obama-congress-over/87849/
A showdown is brewing in Washington over how the number of Palestinian Arab refugees is being counted, and it could be explosive. This is because numerical accuracy would undermine claims by the Palestinians that...
Attacking Israel Online
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/attacking-israel-online/
Throughout the greater Middle East, opposition to the concept and existence of a Jewish state is an idée fixe for hundreds of millions of Arab and non-Arab Muslims. A hatred of Jewish political sovereignty...
Text: Insultingly silly Palestinian NGO statement against death of 17 year old Palestinian who...
http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59392
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA:
Sometimes there are events that are not clear cut.
But in this case a 17 year old pointed a gun at an Israeli soldier's head at a checkpoint.
There wasn't much of...