Insight into the News

Posting: September 28, 2008 "Rosh Hashana" Tomorrow night begins the Jewish New Year: Rosh Hashana. It is time of serious contemplation, acknowledgement of our failings, and efforts for improvement -- coupled with prayers to the Almighty...

The Holocaust Did not Begin in the Gas Chambers – it Began with Words

On this United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day, words may ease the pain, but they may also dwarf the tragedy. For the Holocaust is uniquely evil in its genocidal singularity, where biology was inescapably...

Has Netanyahu Become Mainstream Israel?

"If Israel hosts an Arab minority, why can't a few thousands of Jews reside
in a Palestinian state, which occupies part of the Jewish homeland?"

PA street naming in honor of terrorist murders challenges world conscience – yet elicits...

[Israel Resource News Agency has asked for response to this news item from 25 members of the Israeli Knesset. We will see what the response will be - David Bedein]

Endangering Lives to Sell Newspapers: Misrepresenting a Professional Critique of the Goldstone Report

It all began with an innocent enough request for an interview about the Goldstone report and my 49 page response to it. The Israeli Army radio station asked to interview me. The interview...

UN Afghanistan report: UN blames Terrorists for Civilian Casualties – Unlike Standards Used For...

A little-noticed “United Nations’ Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict”, issued in January, which absolved allied coalition forces of culpability for civilian casualties in the almost decade long war against Taliban...

Red Cross Unapologetic Over Offer of Jerusalem Sanctuary to Hamas Terror Fugitives

Ahmad Atoun & Halid Abu Arafa relaxing in the courtyard of the Red Cross building in East Jerusalem Credit: Gush Shalom Jerusalem- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stated Tuesday that it is...

‘Israel interfering in U.S. efforts in West Bank’: Report submitted to U.S. House Committee...

A report by a U.S. government watchdog has found that the Israeli government's conduct in recent years - including delaying the transfer to Palestinian security forces of AK-47 rifles, radios, vehicles and uniforms -...

Antisemitism and Introspection

Robert s. Wistrich This year, Tisha B'Av (the annual Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem) once again reminded us of the dangers of “gratuitous hatred” without...

Questions Arise About the Secretary-General’s Flotilla Investigation:

Questions Arise About the Secretary-General's Flotilla Investigation Obama administration assurances prove empty. This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on WeeklyStandard.com . http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/investigation-israels-action-flotilla-continue Only days after Israel took the unprecedented step of agreeing to participate in a...