“Calm” on Verge of Explosion
The quiet along the border with Egypt was violated yesterday once again. An IDF NCO who serves with the Engineering Corps was severely injured and an Israeli civilian was moderately injured yesterday afternoon from...
No Preparedness for Any Pullout
"Anyone who dreams that within three months we will be able to propose housing solutions for thousand of evacuees, will be proven wrong. We have been caught with our pants down," say Housing Ministry...
Peres’s Peace Technology Fund Folds
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The Yediot Ahronot Hebrew daily reports that the Peace Technology investment fund, founded to invest in projects in the Palestinian Authority (PA) has discontinued its activity. The Shalom fund was founded six years ago,...
Knesset Committee Seeks Further Information About Peres’s Palestinian Authority Investments
JERUSALEM - The ethics committee of Israel's Parliament, or Knesset, requested last month that a private investigative group provide more information about accusations of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres's involvement in a technology fund...
Israel’s Suicidal Policy
The movement within Israel to hold a referendum on Prime Minister Sharon's "Disengagement" plan has fizzled now that the Knesset has voted solidly against it. Efforts to bring the government down by blocking the...
Consequences Ignored by Israeli Government?
The movement within Israel to hold a referendum on Prime Minister Sharon's "Disengagement" plan has fizzled now that the Knesset has voted solidly against it. Efforts to bring the government down by blocking the...
When World Leaders Forget that the US Congress Must Foot the Bill
While the Bush-Sharon Summit focused on mutual threats (e.g. Iran and Islamic terrorism), it has highlighted a few basic misunderstandings - in Israel - concerning the US political system, US-Israel relations and Disengagement.
For example,...
When Its Prime Minister Circumvents The Decisions of the Elected Government of Israel
There is a consensus of opinion among those who support Israel that they should support "the democratically elected government of Israel".
Today, supporters of Israel must cope with an unprecedented dilemma, after the Prime Minister...
A tribute from a Jewish Reporter in Jerusalem
The visit of Pope John Paul II in Israel will not be forgotten.
Yet not everything went smoothly.
Shortly after Pope John Paul II announced that he was coming to Israel with the genesis of the...
PLO Revs Up Themes of “Resistance” and “Anti-Judaization” in Land Day Demos
The Palestinian National Authority (PA) used the "Land Day" Commemoration last week, on March 30th, 2005 to increase the anti-Semitic aroma of its "anti-Judaization" campaign against Israelis and Jews.
Official Palestinian media and top officials...