UPGRADING AND SECURITY TECHNOLOGY The Indian armed forces find Israeli expertise valuable for meeting the challenge of upgrading its Soviet military equipment,. Israel was a major contender for the upgrading of 125 MiG-21 BIS aircraft. Though it lost the $400 million deal to the Russian firm, Mikoyan Design Bureau of Russia – the manufacturers of […]

U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer again angered many Israelis yesterday when he told students at the Givat Haviva Center that they should pressure their government to “make peace” with the Palestinians. Kurtzer said, “You’re the people, you are the ones who choose your government, and you’re the ones who define who rules and who doesn’t rule […]

At the beginning of the 21st century, South Asia and the Middle East pose major challenges to international peace and security. Amid many turbulent political and military developments in the two regions, India and Israel find a growing convergence in their strategic interests. The emerging Delhi-Jerusalem strategic alliance is creating much concern in the Arab […]

“When I first read the Oslo Agreements, it hit me: They had just signed a document marking the beginning of Israel’s next war.” So said some years ago the late Lt.-Col. (ret.) Shlomo Baum, a soldier in Ariel Sharon’s legendary Unit 101 of the mid-1950’s and a co-founder of the ‘Gamla Shall Not Fall Again’ […]

The canard that “Jews use Christian blood to make Passover matzos” plagued Jewish communities worldwide for centuries. The blood libel led to many massacres of Jews throughout the Middle Ages and pogroms in Russia, was revived by the Nazis, and has been used by anti-Zionists to our day. While it is well known that blood […]

In light of the GSS recommendations to re-allow Jewish visitors onto the Temple Mount, Prime Minister Sharon expressed his support today for the idea, and said that he would “open the gates at the first opportunity.” MK Michael Kleiner said, “The first opportunity is today…” Environment Minister Tzachi HaNegbi said, “The time has come to […]

The left-wing fringe of worshipers at the Oslo shrine have found a new icon. He is Sari Nusseibeh, a Jerusalem born Arab, an Oxford graduate with a doctorate from Harvard. For almost 10 years after 1992 he was absent from the political arena, following a distinguished career in the PLO, and indeed as a leader […]

Two questions have been raised about Osama bin Laden. First, if bin Laden opposes the Saudi regime, why has he never struck Saudi targets? Second, if he threatens Saudi Arabia, why has the Saudi government taken the lead in recognizing and funding the Taliban government of Afghanistan, which is entwined with bin Laden’s al Qaeda […]

Amidst the “doom and gloom” images from Israel these days, which are seen around the world via television or print media, a gala event took place this week in Tel Aviv. The event undoubtedly afforded both native Israelis, and the world at large, the opportunity to see exactly what are the important priorities for the […]

The GSS recommendation to renew Jewish visitation rights to the Temple Mount continues to be a matter of public debate. The holy site has been closed to Jews since the beginning of the Oslo War, almost a year and a half ago. The GSS explains, however, that if Jews continue to be banned from entering […]