The Simplest Thing in the World to Understand: Why There Isn’t Israel-Palestinian Peace
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2011/10/simplest-thing-in-world-to-understand.html
Media, "experts," and governments finds it very hard to understand an amazing phenomena. No matter what they offer to the Palestinian Authority (PA)--even if it includes money, concessions, and steps toward statehood--the PA says...
TV interview:Israel Releases Terrorists? U.S. Will Have to Pursue Them
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148857#.Tp0FQZsr2sp
Gilad Shalit Release: Israel’s Joy Tempered by Memories of an Intifadeh
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2097192,00.html
Israel was happy, very happy. The news of a deal to bring home the kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit arrived with the holiday of Sukkot, a traditionally cheerful weeklong harvest festival made effervescent by the...
The simple truth: They want it all
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=241973
No matter what the Palestinian Authority is offered - money, concessions and even steps toward statehood- the response is always “no.” Media, academic “experts” and governments seem to find this amazing phenomenon very hard...
Israeli Terror Victim: I Feel Betrayed Today
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148909#.Tp4QhZsr2so
In a press conference Jerusalem today, around the time that the Palestinian inmates were bussed away from the prisons, Israeli terror victim families spoke about their horror and fears for the future.
Alan Bauer, who...
A mother’s pain
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?ID=242130&R=R1
Why are we against the exchange that allows murderers to go free? Because we know the suffering that they leave in their wake.
Why is it that terror victims are seemingly the only ones against...
Thoughts of a veteran legal expert who advises the Israeli government
Matters of Immediate Concern
1. There has been disregard of legal decisions of grave criminality.
The offenses of many of those being released are admitted to involve multiple crimes of the most serious character possible.
To ignore...
Anatomy of a deal
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/
CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-4134431,00.html
The military impasse, the stands taken by the Shin Bet and the Mossad, Hamas elasticizing its stance, the Arab Spring and the Palestinian bid in the UN - all of these contributed to Prime...
Strategic Notes on the Gilad Shalit Prisoner Exchange
http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/10/12/strategic-
notes-on-the-gilad-prisoner-exchange/?singlepage=true
There are some substantial misunderstandings on the nature of the Gilad Shalit exchange deal. I should stress that the list of those Palestinian prisoners being given in exchange for him has not yet been...