AND THE WORLD LIES: The Anatomy of Refugeehood

Let us begin with a story. A well-known and familiar story. In a certain well-known and familiar country that was once under Ottoman rule lives a large Muslim minority. The relations between the majority...

Lessons of war / Israel not pressing on MIAs

One of the aims of the Lebanon war, as initially laid down by the the General Staff's Operations Directorate, was "pressuring Hezbollah into releasing the captives." Some Israel Defense Forces raids during the war...

Commentary: Olmert’s Refusal to Establish a Commission of Inquiry and Other issues at hand

Prime Minister Olmert angered many members of Knesset across the political spectrum -- including some within his coalition -- when he declined, earlier this week, to set up a full inquiry regarding the war...

Text: UN Sec’y Gen. Annan declines to condemn Iran’s calls to destroy Israel during...

Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was asked how he can visit with the President of Iran given that he has called openly and repeatedly for the destruction of Israel....

Egypt Fears Islamic Insurgency

The regime of President Hosni Mubarak has been concerned that Hizbullah's war against Israel could spark efforts by the Islamic opposition to establish a military force. Western diplomatic sources said the Mubarak regime has been...

Northern Samaria Taken Over by Islamic Jihad

Israel has assessed that an Iranian-sponsored insurgency group has taken over the northern West Bank. The Israel Security Agency has determined that Islamic Jihad has imposed control over large parts of the northern West Bank....

Hizbullah’s Apology?

Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah has surprised almost every pundit in Israel by admitting that "he made a mistake by not estimating Israel's forceful response to the kidnapping of two soldiers on the northern border". Danny...

Olmert Forms Blue Ribbon Panels to Look Into Mishandling of War and Faces Attacks...

Following pressure from all sides of Israel's political spectrum, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared in Israel's northern city of Haifa, which had been hit by 400 of the more than 4000 missiles fired...

Olmert, Nasrallah, and more

Well, first it was the issue of a suspected bribe that Olmert and his wife took -- conveyed by way of an apartment sold to them at $500,000 less than market value. And now...

The Current Danger of Hizbullah

What is Hizbullah's situation three weeks after the cease-fire, and where is it headed? The emerging picture is as follows: It has, more or less, maintained a large portion of its military capabilities. Most of...