Jewish groups pulling back from campaign against UNWRA-does not want to upset new administration American Jewish Leaders Ease Up Campaign Against UN Groups Seeking To Avoid Conflict With the Obama Administration Over Palestinian Aid By Nathan Guttman National Jewish leaders have pulled back on their long-standing campaign against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, […]

by David Ha’ivri The Manhigut Yehudit theory is flawed. Like many others in the nationalist camp, I have been following with concern the activities of Likud’s Manhigut Yehudit faction. The thrust of the Manhigut theory is that the majority of the right-wing voters “feel at home” within the framework of the Likud party and, over […]

Mar. 2, 2009 Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Provoked by the Palestinians’ escalating missile campaign, on Sunday evening the Ashkelon Parents Association voted not to send their children to school on Monday. Ever since the outgoing Kadima government ended Operation Cast Lead in Gaza on January 20, the Palestinians have steadily stepped-up their missile […]

By Aluf Benn Haaretz www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067553.html Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to declare his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni, that is reason enough to go into the opposition or to attempt to impose a rotation arrangement on Netanyahu. This weekend U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Hamas terrorists attacked Sderot again Sunday night with a Kassam rocket that hit the porch and back yard of a home. Media reported “there were no injuries” to people inside the house, but eight years of attacks have placed 20 percent of the town’s population under mental care. Five other […]

JINSA Report #864 February 27, 2009 Charles “Chas” Freeman is an appalling choice for Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC). As President of the Saudi-funded Middle East Policy Council, Mr. Freeman functions as lobbyist, making his analysis suspect. And his analysis is, in any event, appalling. Gabriel Schoenfeld, in The Wall Street Journal’s “Opinion […]

By: Caroline B. Glick Date: Wednesday, February 25 2009 Since the Democratic Party’s presidential primaries a year ago, there has been an ongoing debate about how Barack Obama perceives the U.S. alliance with Israel. After he entered office last month, the need to understand what President Obama thinks about Israel has become acute as we […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) An “improved” Grad rocket struck an Ashkelon school Saturday morning, returning Israel to the days before the Cast Lead operation that was carried out to end the terrorist strikes. The rocket caused extensive damage and forced the hospitalization of several people in the area for trauma. The missile was more […]