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Incisive News Diary
Posting: May 5, 2008
"Who Knows?"
Who knows how this latest potential scandal with Olmert will play out...
In spite of the fact that police are arguing that the investigation and its legal implications takes precedence over...
A Diary of Insight in Middle East Reporting
Posting: April 17, 2008
"Carter's Destruction"
Today is the day that Jimmy Carter -in defiance of requests from several quarters that he not do so-is going to be meeting with officials from Hamas. To achieve peace,...
Incisive Commentary
December 6, 2007
"Stumbling Blocks"
Here we have, as if they were needed, more reasons why negotiating with the PA is impossible:
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council has passed a law (first reading) saying that any concession...
Incisive Commentary from the Past Ten Days
"A Pre-Sukkot Contemplation"
I received an e-mail from a very serious reader (who shall remain anonymous here, as I've not received permission to use his name). Things are dire, he told me with a heavy...
Proposed Palestinian State – US Asset or Liability?
1. THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSED PALESTINIAN STATE, AND ITS IMPACT ON REGIONAL STABILITY, TERRORISM AND AMERICAN INTERESTS AND VALUES are attested by the raging Palestinian civil war and by the track record of...
The Palestinians and the Second Lebanese War
"The Palestinians cannot be blamed for the Israeli government's erroneous decision to initiate a cease fire as the campaign against the Qassams was beginning to succeed."
"Egypt, a realist player par excellence, has turned a...
Commentary: Appeasement Now
Caroline Glick's first line in her column yesterday: "The world has gone mad."
She then proceeds to explain the many reasons why this is so. For example: "As the Palestinians push forward with their Iranian-sponsored,...
Not the peace we expected with Egypt
Egypt's behavior in Sinai and along the Philadelphi route, which enables the large-scale arming of terror organizations, requires a reexamination of Israeli policy. Many people have become convinced in recent months that Egypt intends...
Commentary: Gaza, Israel’s Military Position, and more
An initial report has been delivered on what happened in Gaza: apparently a malfunction in the radar of the artillery battery. Defense Secretary Peretz has now ordered a review of artillery fire procedures and...
David Bedein’s coverage of Israel for the Evening Bulletin of Philadelphia, August-October, 2006
10/24/06
Seven Armed Palestinian Terrorists Killed In Gaza The IDF fire resulted in the death of Atta Fuad Shanbari, the commander of the Popular Resistance Committees in the northern Gaza Strip, and six others. Israeli...
