Sarkozy and Land for Peace

Well, Sarkozy was in Jerusalem this week, and standing before the Knesset he called for Israel to agree to have Jerusalem divided, with half turned over to the savages. He also called for ethnic...

Israel Blasts UN High Commissioner For Refugees

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has issued a scathing denunciation of the United Nations High Commisisoner of Refugees. The condemnation attacks what the ministry refers to as the "high commissioner's utterly shortsighted press release regarding the...

On Christmas Eve, Palestinian Legislature Introduces Crucifixion As Means Of Capital Punishment

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP /Khalil Hamra) The democratically elected Palestinian parliament in Gaza voted in favor of a law allowing courts to mete out sentences in the spirit of Islam, the London-based Arab...

Hamas: From Cairo to UNRWA

There is an oft-repeated statement that echoes across the Israeli political spectrum during the current Israeli political campaign, which is Israel will overthrow the Hamas government, which now rules Gaza. With that threat in mind,...

Canadian Immigration Minister Fighting Anti-Semitism Criticized

A Canadian member of parliament who helped organize a conference meeting this week in London to confront the problem of anti-Semitism has himself become the target of an anti-Semitic attack. The purpose of the conference...

FBI Cuts Ties With Pro-Saudi Muslim Lobby

Israel's intelligence community has determined that Egypt, despite numerous operations in 2008, failed to reduce the weapons flow to the Hamas regime in Gaza. The Middle East Newsline has confirmed that the U.S. law enforcement...

Police and Harsh Rhetoric in Bethlehem

Rhonda Spivak, an attorney and a writer, is a member of the Canadian and Israel Bar Associations. It was a hot Friday afternoon on August 7, when I went to Bethlehem on. I didn’t have...

Israeli Intelligence Think Tank Hosts Palestinian leader: Issues Ultimatum to Israel

Herzelia, Israel On Tuesday, February 2, Palestinian Authority leader Salman Fayyad made an unprecedented appearance at the annual “Herzlia conference” of the leading lights of Israeli intelligence, and used the occasion to issue an ultimatum...

Why Gaza aid flotilla was a media success

It was exactly the kind of coverage that pro-Palestinian activists behind the Gaza aid flotilla were aiming for: "Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship." Associated Press, BBC, Fox News, CNN and countless...

Lessons from the Flotilla

Sherwin Pomerantz is a 26 year resident of Israel and President of Atid EDI Ltd., an economic development consulting firm in Jerusalem. The most important consideration in planning any action is to evaluate the decision...