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Its role during difficult times: An Interim Report

When Karen AbuZayd succeeded Peter Hansen as Secretary-General in June 2005, Israelis who interfaced with her (from the Foreign Ministry and relevant offices of the IDF) expressed hopes that her style of functioning would...

The Death of Yaakov Yaakobov – Killed in Sderot by an Arab Missile –...

An Israeli civilian, the second in a single week, was killed on Wednesday yesterday during an Arab missile attack on Sderot. Yaakov Yaakobov, a 40-year-old resident of this southern Israeli border town who worked at...

Why will Prime Minister Olmert Not Promise to Provide All Possible Protection for An...

The prognosis is that Gaza missile attacks on the Western Negev will continue., and that they will only increase in their lethal ferocity - given confirmed news reports that Egypt has facilitated massive amount...

Correspondence with advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel Responsible for Galilee & Negev...

October 16th, 2006 To: Gal Alon, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel From: David Bedein, MSW, Bureau Chief, Israel Resource News Agency Dear Gal, This is written after visiting our new bureau in Sderot which will...

FATAH RECEIVES GUN SHIPMENTS IN W. BANK

The Fatah movement, bolstered by Western aid, has received new shipments of assault rifles and ammunition. Palestinian sources said Fatah units in the West Bank received thousands of U.S.-origin M-16 assault rifles. They said the...

LETTER TO PM OLMERT PRESS ADVISOR: Neglect of Sderot

September 27th, 2006 To: Miri Eisin, Press Liason, Prime Minister of Israel From: David Bedein, Bureau Chief, Israel Resource News Agency Dear Miri, This letter is being written after visiting our new bureau in Sderot. Since Israel can...

Hezbollah Supporters Converge On Border

Hezbollah supporters approached the Lebanese/Israeli border fence on Monday, near the spot where three soldiers were killed and kidnapped in October 2000. They hoisted the organization's flag and chanted in praise of Hassan Nasrallah and his force. In the words of a senior Israeli journalist and commentator, Dan Margolit, "That is how it begins. That is how the previous war began. That is the way it always begins...

Commentary: the Palestinian “National Unity” Government

PA President Abbas (Fatah) and PA Prime Minister Haniyeh (Hamas) on Monday announced that Hamas and Fatah are going to be forming a national unity government The first step towards formation of this new government...

AND THE WORLD LIES: The Anatomy of Refugeehood

Let us begin with a story. A well-known and familiar story. In a certain well-known and familiar country that was once under Ottoman rule lives a large Muslim minority. The relations between the majority...

EVERY SECOND COUNTS: TRUE STORIES FROM ISRAEL, by Richard Oesterman, Gefen Publishing House, New...

The human face which lies behind every news story in Israel remains the bread and butter of every good reporter who covers the fledgling Jewish state. Richard Oesterman, a Danish born journalist who has covered...