What’s Israel’s national bird? The crane! (Get it – a building crane, not a...

Ok so it isn’t the funniest joke. But as Homer Simpson used to say, it’s so funny because it’s so true. Practically anywhere you go in Israel these days there is tons of construction....

Achievements and challenges…writes Michael Kuttner

As we approach the High Holyday Festivals it is worthwhile to assess the achievements of the past year and the challenges looming in front of us for the year ahead. Surveying the chaos, mayhem and...

US Congress Probes CIA Fiasco In Lebanon

Congress has been investigating what was believed to be the collapse of the U.S. intelligence network in Iran and Lebanon. Officials said the intelligence committees in the House and Senate have been briefed on the...

CUT OFF BDS AT THE SPIGOT

Thousands of young people are now employed on campuses around the world, well financed and well organized, in an unprecedented effort that challenges the very legitimacy of Israel on every possible academic and economic...

November 11, 2019 – Professor Efriam Inbar at Samuel’s Tomb

Kever Shmuel Ha Navi (birthplace of the Kingdom of Judah) From the roof of Samuel's Tomb, with a panoramic view of the region, Professor Eran Inbar, President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security,...

Hamas Expands Ops Abroad

Israel's intelligence community has determined that Hamas expanded its operations abroad in its war against the Jewish state. Officials said Hamas established cells in the Middle East and Europe in an effort to attack Israeli...

U.N. needs to challenge Venezuela rights abuses

Jackson Diehl rightly highlights the ordeal of Guillermo Zuloaga, owner of Venezuela's last opposition TV station, and notes the protest by Frank La Rue, the United Nations' free-speech monitor . Tragically, Mr. La Rue's...

Palestinian NGOs Reject Antiterrorism Pledge

Palestinian nongovernmental organizations are refusing to sign a US-sponsored commitment stating they will not transfer funds to individuals or groups that engage in terrorism. The organizations said Saturday they are planning a popular campaign in...

UN Hosts Art Depicting Palestine as All of Israel

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/12/10/UN-Hosts-Art-Depicting-Palestine-as-All-of-Israel The UN is now hosting in the public entrance hall of its New York headquarters a Palestinian exhibit which includes pieces that artfully depict all of Israel as Palestine. The display goes hand-in-hand with...

U.S. Attack on Syria Won’t Change Anything

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/08/by-barry-rubin-forgot-about-hysteria-of.html Forgot about the hysteria of an impending U.S. attack on Syria. Forget about the likely self-congratulatory backslapping by policy makers and the chanting of, “USA!” by citizens. A U.S. air assault on Syria will...