Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 7, 2008 During his tenure as President George W. Bush’s defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld often likened the administration’s foreign policy decisions to those of the Truman administration during the first years of the Cold War. As President George W. Bush makes his way to Israel, the Palestinian Authority, […]

Our seventh annual recognition of the most skewed and biased coverage of the Mideast conflict. What a year of surprises. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip. Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas talked peace in the presence of Saudi and Syrian dignitaries. BBC journalist Alan Johnston was held hostage for nearly four months. When Israel […]

By:Moshe Feiglin Saturday, June 8, 2002 We are witnessing an encouraging phenomenon. The Israeli Left is rapidly losing its legitimacy as far as the citizens of Israel are concerned. Irit Linur, a Leftist author, has suddenly discovered that Ha’aretz, the Israeli morning newspaper, is no more than a sophisticated propaganda mouthpiece of the enemy, and […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Esther Pollard, wife of Jonathan Pollard, had scathing criticism Sunday for ministers who are willing to fight for releasing Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti, but not for the release of her husband. She was reacting to statements by Ministers Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Gideon Ezra, as well as Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, […]

Security & Defense: Future Tense Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 3, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517288697&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull It wasn’t that terrorists didn’t try last year; they simply didn’t succeed. Take a look at the statistics: In 2007, Palestinians carried out 2,946 terror attacks against Israel, nine fewer than in 2006, and 127 fewer than in 2005. […]

By:Louis Rene Beres Thursday, January 3, 2008 Since Netanyahu, whose own slick administration disingenuously strengthened the hand of Palestinian terrorists, most Israelis have insistently kept up a hollow refrain for Palestinian “autonomy.” But the Palestinians know full well the difference between autonomy andsovereignty, and they will have nothing of the former. For Netanyahu and his […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 3 January, 2008 The bad news is the Prime Minster Ehud Olmert has managed, by his remarks and responses to event, to paint himself into an incredibly tight and dangerous corner. The good news is that as a democracy the Jewish State has the ability to opt out of the corner […]

By:Steven Plaut Thursday, January 3, 2008 It began as just another exercise in political academic wackiness at Hebrew University. A graduate student there claimed that the absence of any history of rapes of Arab women by Israeli soldiers proves that Jews are racists and oppressors, people who do not even regard Arab women as sexually […]

 by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) “Tuesday nights in Jerusalem will never be the same!” declared co-host Jeremy Gimpel at the close of the second hour of Tuesday Night Live, filmed before a capacity audience. Deafening cheers filled the room, packed with immigrants to Israel from across the globe. The diverse crowd of all ages included students studying […]

by Ashirah Yosefah A quiet pilgrimage. 3:00 pm, Friday, December 28, Erev Shabbat. We are traveling south on Egged bus 160. The sun beats in the windows, nudging my husband into an afternoon slumber. I stay awake. This is familiar terrain to me, roads traveled many a time, a landscape I don’t Approaching Efrat, I […]