Senior Israeli intelligence officer: ‘Our strategy isn’t working’
Israel's current strategy for countering Hezbollah activity in southern Lebanon "is not working... should be changed soon" according to an Israeli military intelligence officer.
The officer's remarks echoed sentiments expressed by a growing number of...
The Knights of the Double Standard
There are occasions on which the moral dilemma, difficult and painful as it may be, requires that a decision be taken. In genuine moral dilemmas there is no easy or good decision. For example,...
Nazareth and the next war
We are not done yet with the current war in Lebanon and clear signs of the next war have become very apparent and from a city seldom in the news. Nazareth is an old...
Hizbullah: Israelis Killing Indiscriminately Because ‘Yahweh’ Is “Racist God”
Hizbullah's television station Al-Manar launched an unusually anti-Semitic attack on Israel this morning, when a featured commentator claimed that Jews were instructed to kill women and children.
"What does their Torah say: it says kill...
Analysis: Now is the time for a better use of air power
A hard and fast rule of war is that the use of ground forces in urban combat is directly related to loss of life. In Gaza, the IDF has somehow learned to go in...
Israel IDS Tyre as Rocket Source
Israel's military has identified the source of most Hizbullah rocket attacks against the Jewish state.
Israeli military sources said Hizbullah has been using the southern city of Tyre for rocket strikes against Haifa and the...
Iran’s War: A Prelude to the Spanish Civil War
Think again.
"This is more like the Spanish Civil War," says Daniel Seaman, an Israeli government spokesman. "What we are seeing is a series of conflicts that foreshadow a future world conflict, just as the...
Olmert: ‘West Bank withdrawal still on’ – Reaffirms Plan as Israel fights in Gaza,...
Even with a war in Lebanon after withdrawal from the country's border six years ago and with ground troops forced to return to Gaza following evacuation from the territory 11 months ago, Prime Minister...
Jenin Redux: UNRWA Once Again Misleads the Media
Four years ago, Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield in response to a spate of horrendous suicide bombings. The theater of operations was the West Bank, specifically the UNRWA refugee camp in Jenin, referred to...
Christians Complain: Muezzins In Shfaram Support Nasrallah
Although the Friday sermon of the mosques in Shefaram can be heard very well throughout this Arab city, not all the inhabitants like what they hear.
The city's Christian inhabitants say that the sermon in...