The sinister idea behind the evacuation compensation law

The idea behind the evacuation compensation law is far more sinister than simply to divide and conquer the settlers by offering them financial incentives to leave their homes. An offer of compensation, it should be...

“Tension in the North”

Posting: April 2, 2008 "Tension in the North" A report by a 'top military intelligence officer" to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday included a warning that Hezbollah is getting ready for new violence...

Incisive Commentary from Jerusalem

Posting: March 24, 2008 "Fatah and Hamas" Well, here we are in the midst of an ever-changing scenario that has yet to play itself out. Officially, neither the US nor Israel has comment on the agreement signed...

Abbas Accepts Hamas-Fatah Agreement

Jerusalem - The Palestinian news agency Maan has published a report based on sources in Fatah, stating that Fatah chairman and Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas has announced his full acceptance of the...

He Said He Wanted to Study: Avraham David Moses, 16, Murdered 18 Days Ago

It's been 18 days since an Arab terrorist from Jerusalem sprayed more than 500 bullets into the library of Jerusalem's finest yeshiva and mowed down eight young men while they were learning Talmud at...

Senator McCain in Sderot

Senator John McCain arrived in the Israeli city of Sderot on Wednesday. Visiting an Israeli city that has suffered more than 900 missile attacks from Gaza since the first of the year, and flanked...

Israel’s Test

The issues facing Israel today are existential, in the most literal sense. It is therefore a matter of grave concern when Israelis who ought to know better offer panaceas that can only bring harm. As...

Crucial Role That American Citizens Can Play With the American Congress to Stem the...

Israeli decision makers feel helpless at the hands of such American government directives. The time has come to realize that American citizens can play a vital role with the US government at this time -...

Abbas and the ‘Armed Struggle’

On February 28, the Jordanian daily al-Dustur released an interview with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. It included the following: "At this present juncture, I am opposed to the armed struggle because we can't succeed...

Open letter to Martin Raffel, Director of JCPA:

FOUR QUESTIONS TO MARTIN RAFFEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE JCPA, AN ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING FOURTEEN NATIONALLY BASED JEWISH GROUPS IN THE USA, ALONG WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED LOCALLY...