Russian Jews rally to bring Sderot youth to area camps
Two local summer camps have each pledged to provide 10 spots for children from the embattled Israeli city of Sderot, prompting a massive fundraising campaign from within Boston's Russian-Jewish community.
In response to an appeal...
U.S. sets dates for Israeli, Palestinian moves
The Bush administration has drawn up an eight-month timetable setting dates for when Israeli and Palestinian leaders would complete steps meant to bolster prospects for peace talks, U.S., Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
The U.S....
The Iran-Hamas Alliance: Threat and Folly
Perspectives Paper No. 28, May, 2007 www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/perspectives28.html
Since the US invasion of Iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Iran has taken on the behavior of a regional hegemon. Indeed, Ahmadinejad speaks and acts as if he is the...
Commentary on the War Commission Report
To date, we are seeing the following in response to the interim Winograd report:
A special Cabinet meeting was held today. A committee, chaired by former chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, is being formed to...
The shock of No Confidence
Up until yesterday evening the partial Winograd report troubled three people. As of this morning it needs to trouble us all. Not to trouble. To frighten. To shock.
Because according to the conclusions in the...
The Amir Peretz Paradigm: “… I know nothing about security.”
On March 23, 2006, five days before the Israeli elections, I accompanied my second son, Elchanon, to the Israeli army recruitment center in Jerusalem, from where he was to begin his service in the...
Olmert’s Hand Picked War Investigation Commission Issues Scathing Attack on Olmert
During the 34 days of Israel's war in Lebanon last summer, the Israeli Prime Minister's Cabinet Secretary conducted constant briefings with the media, repeating over and over the precise war aims of the Israeli...
Senior Editor of Israel TV Channel One comments on BBC Tendentiousness
I learned the name of a British citizen, one Steven Sugar, after following the battle that he is waging (on my behalf as well, as an Israeli citizen who seeks the good of his...
An Opium Market Mystery
Something strange is going on in the global opium market, and it could spell trouble.
Opium is a commodity -- an illegal commodity, but it should still be subject to the normal rules of supply...
HIAS Calls for CNN to Fire Lou Dobbs After Comparisons to Nazis
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which has helped more than 4.5 million people in its 125-year history, is calling for the dismissal of Lou Dobbs, the CNN personality, who on Monday suggested that immigrant...