“The legacy of Shimon Peres”, with David Bedein

Venue: Israel Center, 22 Keren HaYesod St., Jerusalem. Time and Date: Sunday Night, February 28th - 8pm.

Weekly Commentary: Lesson of Yom Kippur War – Violations Can’t Be Fixed By Gizmos

Back on 30 September 2001, speaking at the main memorial service for those who died in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon noted that Israel was surprised in that war by Egypt because...

Israel and the US Administration: A Midterm Assessment

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=4715 There has recently been much discussion of the State of Israel’s “bleak diplomatic situation,” and a dismissal of Israel's foreign policy over the last two years as a string of failures. The declaration by a...

The Powell Visit: Israeli Press Reportage of a Disaster

-- To the question of what repercussions the failure of Secretary of State Colin Powell's mediation mission will have, the Palestinians respond with a single word: a "catastrophe" Officials close to Sharon said: "True, it...

Palestinian diplomat: We’ll continue teaching our kids to throw stones

David Bedein: Will someone come forth and demand the removal of diplomatic immunity of a PLO diplomat at the UN who endorses children to commit acts of violence? A Palestinian diplomat speaking to students at...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (March 4 – 10, 2020)

This past week the Gaza Strip was relatively quiet. So far it is not known if the return marches will resume on March 30 as planned. A stabbing attack was attempted at the Nablus...

After Arafat

When Yasir Arafat became seriously ill in late 2003, Palestinians were near panic for several days. Officials did not know how to handle the crisis. Ahmad Dudin, former Fatah leader in the Hebron region,...

Israel Sees Link Between Incitement and Suicide Attacks… While the EU Rejects That

BRUSSELS - Apart from a few visits to a limited number of capitals and preciously few calls to brief continental leaders, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has not paid much attention to Europe. Nor do...

IDF: Hamas seizing Gazan construction imports for attack tunnel building

Israel has facilitated entrance of 1.7 million tons of construction material into Gaza since end of 2014 conflict. Hamas is seizing construction imports to the Gaza Strip and using the materials to build tunnels to...

Abbas’ hit parade

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=9667 On Friday, Dec. 31, 1993, the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, David Bublil and Haim Weizmann were stabbed to death in their sleep in an apartment in Ramle. One of the murderers...