Evacuation From Umm el-Fahm Would Also Be Legitimate

"Would it be legitimate for the government to decide to evacuate Umm el-Fahm (on the basis of the compensation law for the residents of Gush Katif)? I think it would." So said the director of the...

A Dialogue with Yonatan Bassie, Administrator of the Sharon Plan

Yonatan Bassie, appointed by Ariel Sharon to set up the administrative office designed to implement Sharon's plan, invited his critics to meet with him. I took Bassie up on his offer, and was graciously received...

Sharon Implements Plan Without Appropriate Fiduciary Authorization

"Without Knesset Authorization and Without Ministry of Finance Funding, The Prime Minister of Israel cannot implement his plan"- Giora Eiland, Director, Israel National Security Council, Office of the Prime Minister of Israel, Foreign Press...

How US AID Acts to Circumvent NGO Anti-Terrorism Requirements

On August 2nd, 2004, the Near East Report of AIPAC ran an article by AIPAC staffer Danielle Rogoff, entitled "Dollars and Sense", in which Rogoff noted that "this year's foreign aid bill contains key...

Why I’m Moving to Israel

When I tell people I spent the last year of my life studying abroad in Israel (search), they usually look at me funny and respond politely. When I tell them I'm planning to move there...

We Miss The Angels of Chesed and Rachamim: Dr. David Applebaum, Navah Applebaum Z”L...

The drive into Jerusalem from downtown Efrat was quiet as one could think and approach the highway for last night's program. The soldier smiled as he waived us forward to continue through the tunnels...

What Jews Can Learn from The Message of Dr. Martin Luther King

"The March on Washington" was a great civil rights rally on behalf of African Americans which took place on August 28th, 1963. Among the civil rights leaders who spoke at the rally was Reverend...

The Present Allegation of an Israeli Mole at the Pentagon: GROUNDLESS BUT DAMAGING

It is hard to exaggerate the scale of the damage caused by the Pollard affair to relations with the United States. The residue will linger on for a long time in the intimate...

Is the U.S. Restraining Israel From Carrying out a Preemptive Strike on Iran?

On August 15th, The Revolutionary Brigades of the Iranian Army held a military parade in which they displayed the Shaab 3 missile that Israeli intelligence experts estimate has a range of 1300 kilometers, that...

The Problems With Jewish Journalism

Here are some of my opinions (composed after conducting my interviews) on what is wrong with Jewish journalism. #1. Failure of imagination. Jewish journalism is predictable. It rarely catches the reader offguard. You read the headline...