Hamas Oversees Border Attacks

Israel has determined that Hamas was facilitating attacks on Israel Army units along the border of the Gaza Strip. Military sources said Hamas was allowing snipers to reach the Gaza border with Israel. They...

British Policy, Jews and Israel

Recent comments by members of the British Labour party have prompted a much needed and overdue public debate regarding anti-Semitism among British politicians, its festering within the British establishment, and its effect on British...

Weekly Commentary: Time to prepare Trump Strategic Agreement File

Like any responsible security establishment, Israel has invested considerable manpower and other resources in preparing "playbooks" for all kinds of improbable scenarios. The odds of a Trump victory this November are considerably higher than that most of these...

Weekly Commentary: Tunnel fiasco was part of larger fiasco

It's common knowledge: intelligence was clueless of what Hamas could do with the tunnels and the security cabinet had no serious discussion about the problem. A series of one liners about the tunnels in remarks at...

Going Going Gone

With COVID 19 resurgence, continuing international hypocrisy, sovereignty hyperventilation, mysterious Iranian explosions and PC thought police in some countries running rampant, there is plenty to comment about. Just when one thinks that things cannot become...

Back to rewarding terrorism?

Two years ago, Congress cut off funds to the Palestinian Authority because it pays salaries to terrorists. Now a group of Democratic members of Congress are trying to restore that funding, even though the PA...

The Arafat I Knew

Last week Israel seized a boat carrying 50 tons of Iranian-made mortars, long-range missiles and antitank rockets destined for the Palestinian Authority. The vessel, Karim A., is owned by the Palestinian Authority, and its...

Jews in Palestinian Authority Schoolbooks in UNRWA Use

Introduction The Palestinian Authority schoolbooks, including those ones in UNRWA use, feature 3 fundamentals in the context of the conflict: 1. De-legitimization of Israel’s existence and the Jews’ very presence in the country, including the denial...

Palestinian Authority Education: No Room for a Two-State Solution

Palestinian Authority schoolbooks feature three fundamentals: De-legitimization of Israel’s existence and the Jews’ very presence in the country, which includes denial of their history and the existence of any Jewish holy places there. Demonization...

When Deterrence Becomes Just a Word

Deterrence -- the act of deterring especially deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating. Since Israel's unilateral withdrawal in 2005, the Gaza Strip has turned into the leading military foe of...