On Feb. 28, 1973, James J. Welsh, the National Security Agency’s Palestinian analyst, was summoned by a colleague about a communication intercepted from Yasser Arafat involving an imminent Black September operation in Khartoum, Sudan. Within minutes, Welsh recalls, the director of the NSA was notified and the decision was made to send a rare “FLASH” […]

Nothing enduring has come of President Clinton’s midnight schemes for a Mideast settlement. And nothing should for they presume that Yasser Arafat is a partner for peace and that his word on still another agreement can be relied upon. Six times from Oslo to Cairo, through Wye to Camp David Arafat has promised to renounce […]

America’s and Israel’s mistakes in dealing with tyrannical societies in the Middle East have led the entire region to the brink of disaster. To reverse that, the two countries should adopt a coordinated strategy to fatally strike the centers of radicalism in the region. The unthinkable has happened: a "war" in the Middle East. While […]

The end of the talks has brought about the resumption of full-fledged Palestinian attacks against Israeli targets – particularly in Gaza. Terrorists placed several explosives along the Karni-Netzarim highway overnight, which IDF sappers safely dismantled. Soldiers shot at and blew up two of the explosives this morning. Following the dismantling of the bombs, the main […]

SADDAM HUSSEIN has two fully operational nuclear bombs and is working to construct others, an Iraqi defector has told The Telegraph. The defector, a military engineer who fled Iraq a year after United Nations arms inspectors left the country, says that he helped to oversee the completion of the weapons programme. He is currently in […]

In 1994, I gave a speech about world affairs and U.S. national security in Louisville, Kentucky. Afterwards, I was asked where I thought Israel would be in ten years. I reflected for a moment and said that I thought Israel might not exist a decade on. My comment met with stunned silence. I let the […]

Let us start with a story told to me by a knowing friend: A woman had a lover. Her husband knew she did but he didn’t stop her. She wanted to see her lover. He told her to come to his home. “But, you live in a dangerous neighborhood.” “If you want to see me, […]

Nine Paleestinian policemaen stood facing Majdi Mikawi, 27, who had been convicted in a lightning trial on chares that he collaborated with Israel. The men aimed their rifles, and at the sound of “shoot” pulled their triggers. Mikawi’s body was riddled with 41 bullets. When the shooting stopped, one of the officers went over to […]

Israel Radio reported this morning the Israeli police have captured a Palestinian policeman who tried to kidnap an Israeli taxi driver, Bennie Buzaglo, on the Tel Aviv Jerusalem Highway last night. Buzaglo picked up three Palestinians at Shar Hagai on the main Tel Aviv Jerusalem highway at around 22:00 on his way to Jerusalem. One […]

You know how the classic joke, older than time itself: put two Jews together and you get three opinions…and four reasons why Jews should stay out of Jewish issues. Couple that with the fact that Jews love titles and you’ve got the makings of a bitter brew that Jewry has had to drink from throughout […]