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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Grim picture of Gazans’ lives painted by reports emerging from Strip, claiming gunmen hiding in civilian homes, using residents as human shields, and hijacking trucks of humanitarian aid Roee Nahmias Published: 01.06.09, 22:32 / Israel News A government or a gang? As the Israeli operation in Gaza wears on it appears Hamas has relinquished any […]

Staff-Sergeant Dvir Emanuelof, killed in Gaza incursion, laid to rest as hundreds of friends, family members accompany casket. ‘He knew he was fighting for a great cause,’ says childhood friend Aviad Glickman Published: 01.05.09, 01:06 / Israel News Golani Staff-Sergeant Dvir Emanuelof (22), the first fatality of Operation Cast Lead’s ground incursion, was laid to […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Ground troops moved into Gaza Saturday night for the first time since last February and returned to the sites of former Jewish homes in northern Gaza, an area the government abandoned three years ago, in the framework of the Disengagement Plan, with the promise that the western Negev would be […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) The ongoing trial of Nadia Matar over a letter she wrote in 2004, in which she warned of the dangers of the Disengagement from Gaza and Samaria, was unexpectedly postponed Thursday due to the emergency The Disengagement will lead to “Katyushas and rockets fired from Gaza.” reserve duty of the lead […]

IDF’s branch tasked with civilian safety and security offers instruction on how to behave in case of rocket attack Ynet Latest Update: 12.31.08, 13:57 / Israel News The rocket fire which has plagued residents of the Gaza vicinity communities for years, is expected to worsen following Israel’s launching of Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) The National Union party warned Tuesday against a ceasefire in the fighting against Hamas, saying that “whoever ceases fire after Be’er Sheva was targeted will wake up to missiles on Dimona and Tel Aviv.” Dimona, home to Israel’s main nuclear research facility, is located 36 km to the south and east […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date 28 December 2008 Last week: “Right” 66 seats “Left” 45 seats Arabs 9 seats On second day of operation “Right” 57 seats “Left” 53 seats Arabs 10 seats Poll #1 Telephone poll of a representative sample of 502 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) carried out by Maagar Mohot Survey Institute (headed […]