by Paul Eidelberg It is futile complaining about the media or about various nations using double standards in their negative portrayal of Israel vis-a-vis Hamas terrorists. Such complaints will have no effect on the Jew-hatred evident in Israel ’s detractors. Besides, such complaints are self-demeaning when uttered by Jews. Let me suggest another approach via […]

by Steven Plaut Innocent Gaza civilians, huh? A three hour ceasefire so that “innocent Gazan civilians” can go shopping today? Are Gaza civilians really innocent? Let us bear in mind that the years of rocket savagery by the Hamas were a direct result of the vast majority of the residents of the Gaza Strip voting […]

By Susan de la Fuente Driving north through the Jordan valley on Route 90, an immense rainbow straddled the broad low valley on our right. The sky was bright as usual westward, but dark clouds billowed over the valley en route to the eastern hills. The contrast continued in the topography: a desert landscape westwards […]

American Israeli Action Coalition (AIAC) Endorses Conditional Cease Fire in Gaza The American Israeli Action Coalition (AIAC) today endorsed a cease fire in the current hostilities in Gaza provided that it is based upon all of the conditions set forth below. AIAC is a non-partisan, non-political, issue-oriented NGO which was formed in Israel to represent […]

Past experience shows disproportional response to terror acts a key for victory Ophir Falk Published: 01.08.09, 18:44 / Israel Opinion Aside from the conventional wars that Israel fought in 1948, ’56, ’67, ’73, ‘82 and in the summer of 2006, the State of Israel has continuously confronted the challenges of terrorism since and even before […]

[Today is La Passionara’s birthday. As is traditional, she has been reminding me since last June. We are supposed to go out to a restaurant but everything in Ashkelon is closed. Ditto for Ashdod. I’ll have to think of something. What’s left of my manhood is at risk.] GOODBYE 29 January 7, 2009 COMFORT FOOD: […]

Elran, Meir INSS Insight No. 87, January 7, 2009 www.inss.org.il:80/research.php?cat=256&incat=&read=2516 Already by the second week of Operation Cast Lead, a number of initial insights about Israel’s civilian front have emerged. First, the statistics: In the first six days of the operation, 182 improvised Qassam rockets and 65 standard Grad katyusha rockets were launched against Israel […]

Demonized Israeli Settlers Their fate is ours too. By Barbara Lerner, NRO Israeli settlers have a unique status in the world — a special infamy. It’s not just that governments everywhere condemn them; it’s that mainstream media throughout the world join in. That’s reality today, not just in Muslim lands and Islamist-embracing European Union states, […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Hamas fired mortar shells from a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in Jabalya before the IDF retaliated with aerial bombing that killed Hamas terrorists as well as children, according to an initial IDF investigation. “Amongst the dead at the Jabalya school were Hamas terror operatives and a […]